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Causal Diagrams for Epidemiologic Research

Sander Greenland, Judea Pearl, James M. Robins

Citations: 3663 • 1999

Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact

Chawki Hajjem, Stevan Harnad, Yves Gingras

Citations: 356 • 2006

Comparative Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted and Open Radical Prostatectomy in the Postdissemination Era

Giorgio Gandaglia, Jesse D. Sammon, Steven L. Chang, Toni K. Choueiri, Jim C. Hu, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Adam S. Kibel, Simon P. Kim, Ramdev Konijeti, Francesco Montorsi, Paul L. Nguyen, Shyam Sukumar, Mani Menon, Maxine Sun, Quoc‐Dien Trinh

Citations: 209 • 2014

Survival After Minimally Invasive vs Open Radical Hysterectomy for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer

Roni Nitecki, Pedro T. Ramírez, Michael Frumovitz, Kate J. Krause, Ana I. Tergas, Jason D. Wright, Jose Alejandro Rauh‐Hain, Alexander Melamed

Citations: 207 • 2020

Robot-assisted gastric surgery

Makoto Hashizume, Keizō Sugimachi

Citations: 205 • 2003

Robotic-assisted Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Stefan Breitenstein, Antonio Nocito, Milo A. Puhan, Ulrike Held, Markus Weber, Pierre-Alain Clavien

Citations: 193 • 2008

Functional and oncological outcomes of open, laparoscopic and robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy: a multicentre comparative matched‐pair analyses with a median of 5 years’ follow‐up

Ki Don Chang, Ali Abdel Raheem, Kwang Hyun Kim, Cheol Kyu Oh, Sung Yul Park, Young Sik Kim, Won Sik Ham, Woong Kyu Han, Young Deuk Choi, Byung Ha Chung, Koon Ho Rha

Citations: 142 • 2018

Comparison of functional outcomes and quality of life between transoral surgery and definitive chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer

Allen M. Chen, Megan E. Daly, Quang Luu, Paul J. Donald, D. Gregory Farwell

Citations: 92 • 2014

Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: a propensity score-matched comparative analysis using the 2015–2016 MBSAQIP database

Raul Sebastian, Melanie Howell, Kai-Hua Chang, Gina Adrales, Thomas Magnuson, Michael Schweitzer, Hien Nguyen

Citations: 87 • 2018

Outcomes of robot-assisted <i>versus</i> conventional laparoscopic low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer: propensity-matched analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan

Takatoshi Matsuyama, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Ichiro Takemasa, Keisuke Uehara, Tsunekazu Hanai, Hiroaki Miyata, Toshimoto Kimura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Masafumi Inomata, Yuko Kitagawa, Yusuke Kinugasa

Citations: 78 • 2021

Robotic surgery in urology

Guillaume Ploussard

Citations: 69 • 2017

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus da Vinci robotic hysterectomy: is using the robot beneficial?

Enrique Soto, Yungtai Lo, Kathryn Friedman, Carlos Soto, Farr Nezhat, Linus Chuang, Herbert Gretz

Citations: 66 • 2011

Computer-Navigated and Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: Increasing in Popularity Without Increasing Complications

Jennifer C. Wang, Amit S. Piple, William J. Hill, Matthew S. Chen, Brandon S. Gettleman, Mary Richardson, Nathanael D. Heckmann, Alexander B. Christ

Citations: 63 • 2022

Open versus robotic partial nephrectomy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of contemporary studies

Sheng‐Han Tsai, Ping‐Tao Tseng, Benjamin A. Sherer, Yi‐Chen Lai, Pao‐Yen Lin, Ching-Kuan Wu, Marshall L. Stoller

Citations: 62 • 2018

Transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in the era of human papillomavirus

Omar Mahmoud, Sung Kim, Francisco Civantos, Giovanna R. Thomas, Michael A. Samuels

Citations: 61 • 2017

Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy Performed with Different Robotic Platforms: First Comparative Evidence Between Da Vinci and HUGO Robot-assisted Surgery Robots

Carlo Andrea Bravi, Eleonora Balestrazzi, Manon De Loof, Silvia Rebuffo, Federico Piramide, Angelo Mottaran, Marco Paciotti, Gabriele Sorce, Luigi Nocera, Luca Sarchi, Maria Peraire, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Nicola Frego, Adele Piro, Marco Ticonosco, Pieter De Backer, Rui Farinha, Hannes Van Den Bossche, Geert De Naeyer, Frederiek DʼHondt, R. P. de Groote, Alexandre Mottrie

Citations: 60 • 2023

Is Robot-assisted Surgery Contraindicated in the Case of Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Tumours or Relevant Comorbidities? A Comparative Analysis of Morbidity, Renal Function, and Oncologic Outcomes

Alessandro Larcher, Umberto Capitanio, Geert De Naeyer, Nicola Fossati, Frederiek DʼHondt, Fabio Muttin, Ruben De Groote, Giorgio Guazzoni, Andrea Salonia, Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi, Alexandre Mottrie

Citations: 57 • 2018

Minimally invasive colectomy is associated with reduced risk of anastomotic leak and other major perioperative complications and reduced hospital resource utilization as compared with open surgery: a retrospective population-based study of comparative effectiveness and trends of surgical approach

David Wei, Stephen S. Johnston, Laura Goldstein, Deborah Nagle

Citations: 55 • 2019

Quality of Life After Open Radical Prostatectomy Compared with Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

Anna Wallerstedt, Tommy Nyberg, Stefan Carlsson, Thordis Thorsteinsdóttir, Johan Stranne, Stavros Ι. Tyritzis, Karin Stinesen Kollberg, Jonas Hugosson, Anders Bjartell, Ulrica Wilderäng, Peter Wiklund, Gunnar Steineck, Eva Haglind

Citations: 54 • 2018

Comparison of robotic gastrectomy and laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

Takeshi Omori, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Hisashi Hara, Naoki Shinno, Masaaki Yamamoto, Kohei Fujita, Takashi Kanemura, Tomohira Takeoka, Hirofumi Akita, Hiroshi Wada, Masayoshi Yasui, Chu Matsuda, Junichi Nishimura, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Hiroshi Miyata, Masayuki Ohue, Masato Sakon

Citations: 54 • 2022