Incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Journal: World journal of surgical oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has now become a gold standard approach in radical prostatectomy. The aim of this study was to investigate incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia (IH) after RARP.

Authors

  • Yuta Yamada
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tetsuya Fujimura
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. fujimurat-uro@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
  • Hiroshi Fukuhara
    Department of Urology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Toru Sugihara
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kotaro Takemura
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Shigenori Kakutani
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Motofumi Suzuki
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tohru Nakagawa
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Haruki Kume
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yasuhiko Igawa
    Continence Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yukio Homma
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.