High surgeon volume and positive surgical margins can predict the risk of biochemical recurrence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether any clinical factors are independent predictors of positive surgical margins (PSM), and to assess the association of PSM and biochemical recurrence (BR) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Methods: The population included case...

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Main Authors: Antonio Benito Porcaro, Alessandro Tafuri, Marco Sebben, Nelia Amigoni, Tania Processali, Marco Pirozzi, Riccardo Rizzetto, Aliasger Shakir, Paolo Corsi, Leone Tiso, Clara Cerrato, Filippo Migliorini, Giovanni Novella, Matteo Brunelli, Riccardo Bernasconi, Vincenzo De Marco, Salvatore Siracusano, Walter Artibani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Urology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756287219878283