Alessi, Sarah
Pricolo, Paola
Summers, Paul
Femia, Marco
Tagliabue, Elena
Renne, Giuseppe
Bianchi, Roberto
Musi, Gennaro
De Cobelli, Ottavio
Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara Alicja
Bellomi, Massimo
Petralia, Giuseppe
Article History
Received: 16 October 2018
Revised: 31 January 2019
Accepted: 8 February 2019
First Online: 18 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Giuseppe Petralia.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects, those who had undergone RARP with nerve-sparing intent, have been described in a publication regarding the combined impact of mp-MRI and frozen section analysis on surgical outcomes. This appears in the article: Bianchi R, Cozzi G, Petralia G et al Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and frozen-section analysis efficiently predict upgrading, upstaging and extraprostatic extension in patients undergoing nerve-sparing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Oct;95(40):e4519.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution