` 1 This is the authors' final version, post peer-review, of an article published in European Urology 2013;64(3):361-9. The definitive version is available from www.sciencedirect.com Title Comparative cost-effectiveness of robotic prostatectomy and laparoscopic prostatectomy as alternatives to open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of men with localized prostate cancer: A Health Technology Assessment from the Perspective of the United Kingdom National Health Service. Authors Andrew Close, Clare Robertson, Steve Rushton, Mark Shirley, Luke Vale, Craig Ramsay, Robert Pickard Affiliations Andrew Close PhD, Steve Rushton PhD, Mark Shirley PhD: School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Clare Robertson MSc, Craig Ramsay PhD: Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Luke Vale PhD: Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Robert Pickard MD: Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Author for Correspondence Robert Pickard, Institute of Cellular Medicine, 3 rd Floor William Leech Building, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 191 213 7139; Fax: +44 (0) 191 213 7127; E mail: robert.pickard@newcastle.ac.uk Word Count: Abstract: 247 Text: 2506 Total: 2753 Key words: Prostate cancer, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, cost-effectiveness analysis Glossary: A glossary explaining further the heath-economic terms used in this paper is available at URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/glossary.html Abstract