Figure 1.
Flowchart for records selection process of the meta-analysis.
Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies and quality assessment.
Table 2.
Patient demographics of robotic versus open partial nephrectomy.
Figure 2.
Forest plots of surgical outcomes.
(a) overall complications; (b) postoperative complications divided into Clavien grade 1–2 and 3–4; (c) transfusions; (d) conversions to radical nephrectomy; (e) ischemia time; (f) estimated GFR change; (g) unclamping rate; (h) length of stay; (i) estimated blood loss; (j) operative time; (k) positive margins. The following studies are cited: Alemozaffar et al 2013 [26], Laydner et al 2013 [27], Lee et al 2011 [10], Lucas et al 2012 [28], Masson-Lecomte et al 2013 [11], Minervini et al 2013 [12], Simhan et al 2012 [13], Yu et al 2012 [29].
Figure 3.
Funnel plots of the studies included in this meta-analysis reporting overall complication rates (a) and postoperative complications with Clavien grade classifications (b). SE = standard error; OR = odds ratio.