Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Tumors Larger than 4 cm: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Liangkuan Bi; Caixia Zhang; Kaiwen Li; Xinxiang Fan; Kewei Xu; Jinli Han; Hai Huang; Hao Liu; Wen Dong; Xiangyun Yang; Jian Huang; Tianxin Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075050

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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Tumors Larger than 4 cm: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Liangkuan Bi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Liangkuan Bi, Caixia Zhang, Kaiwen Li, Xiangyun Yang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Caixia Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Liangkuan Bi, Caixia Zhang, Kaiwen Li, Xiangyun Yang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Kaiwen Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Liangkuan Bi, Caixia Zhang, Kaiwen Li, Xiangyun Yang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xinxiang Fan,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Kewei Xu,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jinli Han,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Hai Huang,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Hao Liu,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Wen Dong,

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiangyun Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Liangkuan Bi, Caixia Zhang, Kaiwen Li, Xiangyun Yang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jian Huang ,

* E-mail: yehjn@yahoo. cn (J. Huang); tianxinl@sina.com (TL)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Tianxin Lin

* E-mail: yehjn@yahoo. cn (J. Huang); tianxinl@sina.com (TL)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Gene Regulation and Target Therapy of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Tumors Larger than 4 cm: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Liangkuan Bi,
Caixia Zhang,
Kaiwen Li,
Xinxiang Fan,
Kewei Xu,
Jinli Han,
Hai Huang,
Hao Liu,
Wen Dong,
Xiangyun Yang

Published: October 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075050

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