Understanding the roles of randomized trials for robotic prostatectomy

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Alexander P Cole et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;4(23):467.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.59.

¹ Division of Urological Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy versus open radical retropubic prostatectomy: early outcomes from a randomised controlled phase 3 study.
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