%0 Journal Article %T Are we really seeking for equivalence?—The virtue of the robot is in technology %A Brassetti, Aldo %A Mastroianni, Riccardo %A Simone, Giuseppe %J Translational Andrology and Urology %D 2019 %B 2019 %9 %! Are we really seeking for equivalence?—The virtue of the robot is in technology %K %X Radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) and urinary diversion (UD) is the gold standard treatment for organ-confined muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and recurrent non-muscle invasive disease (1). The open approach is still considered the reference option though the robot-assisted one has recently begone prevailing in western countries (2,3), mainly because of the expected advantages of this minimally-invasive technology in terms of reduced morbidity. %U https://tau.amegroups.org/article/view/28818 %P S502-S504 %@ 2223-4691