Robotic versus open urological oncological surgery: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Minimally invasive surgery in urology has grown considerably in application since its initial description in the early 1990s. Herein, we present the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing open versus robotic urological oncological surgery for various clinically relevant outcomes, as well as to assess their comparative penetrance over the past 20 years (2000-2020).

Methods and analysis

We will document the penetrance of robotic versus open surgery in the urological oncological field using a national database.Second, we will perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of all published full-text English and non-English language articles from Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science search engines on surgical treatment of localised prostate, bladder

SUBMITTER: Cacciamani GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044973 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature