Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity

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Mark Frydenberg et al. Med J Aust. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 17;207(2):90.

doi: 10.5694/mja16.01121.

No abstract available

Keywords: Prostate.

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Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy versus open radical retropubic prostatectomy: early outcomes from a randomised controlled phase 3 study.
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Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity.
Hutchison K, Carter D, Johnson J. Hutchison K, et al. Med J Aust. 2017 Jul 17;207(2):89-90. doi: 10.5694/mja16.00916. Med J Aust. 2017. PMID: 28701133 No abstract available.