Table 2: Summary of Study Characteristics for Prostate Cancer (N=21 Studies).
| Author [Year] | Study Location | Study Design | Length of Follow-up* | Cases/Referent* (no.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsson [2010] | Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden | Prospective cohort± | 19/30 months | 1253/485 |
| Lo [2010] | Prince of Whales Hospital, Hong Kong | Prospective C-C±Cases,Ref | 6/42 months | 20/20 |
| D’Alonzo [2009] | Duke University Medical Center, USA | Retrospective, database | - | 256/280 |
| Drouin [2009] | Paris, France | Retrospective, database | - | 71/85/83 |
| Ficarra [2009a] | Padua, Italy | Prospective cohort± | ≥12 months | 103/105 |
| Hakimi [2009] | New York, USA | Retrospective, database¥ | 12 months | 75/75§ |
| Laurila [2009] | UWHC, USA | Retrospective MRR±Ref | - | 88/84 |
| Ou [2009] | Taichung, Taiwan | C-C (historical)±Cases,Ref | Up to 12 months | 30/30 |
| Polcari [2009] | Illinois, USA | Retrospective MRR± | - | 60/64 |
| Rocco [2009] | Milan, Italy | Prospective C-C | Up to 12 months | 120/240 |
| White [2009] | Michigan, USA | Retrospective MRR±Cases,¥ | - | 50/50 |
| Yates [2009] | Providence, USA | C-C (historical) | 62/61 | |
| Zorn [2009] | Chicago, USA | Retrospective, database±Cases | - | 296/471 |
| Trabulsi [2008] | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA | Prospective C-C±,† | - | 50/190§ |
| Wood [2007] | Michigan, USA | Prospective cohort± | 2 and 6 weeks‡ | 117/89 |
| Ball [2006] | Virginia, USA | Prospective C-C† | Up to 6 months | 82/124/135 |
| Hohwu [2009] | Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark | Retrospective MRR± | - | 127/147 |
| Ploussard [2009] | Creteil, France | Prospective cohort | - | 83/205§ |
| Weizer [2010] | Michigan, USA | Prospective C-C | - | 515/118 |
| O’Malley [2006] | University of Melbourne, Australia | Prospective C-C± | - | 102/102 |
| Srinualnad [2008] | Mahidol University, Bangkok | Prospective cohort | Up to 1 month | 34/34§ |
*
Sample sizes according to: robotic/retropubic prostatectomy or robotic/laparoscopic/retropubic prostatectomy.
§
Robotic/laparoscopic.
±
Consecutive patients.
¥
Individually-matched study design.
†
Data were collected Prospectively, before and after the introduction of a robotics program.
‡
Follow-up refers to health-related quality of life questionnaire [not discussed here].
Note: C-C, case-case comparison; Ref, referent group; UWHC, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; MRR, medical record review.