Comparison of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy with soft coagulation and double-layer technique for complex and non-complex tumors.

Journal: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the postoperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy when only the inner layer is sutured (single-layer technique with soft coagulation) with those when sutures are placed in the inner and outer layers (double-layer technique) in patients with and without complex renal tumors.

Authors

  • Keito Shiozaki
    Department of Urology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-10-3 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8539, Japan.
  • Kazuyoshi Izumi
    Department of Urology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.
  • Yutaro Sasaki
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Yoshito Kusuhara
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Tomoya Fukawa
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Yasuyo Yamamoto
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Kunihisa Yamaguchi
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Hirofumi Izaki
    Department of Urology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-10-3 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8539, Japan.
  • Masayuki Takahashi
    The Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
  • Yasuo Kawanishi
    Department of Urology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.
  • Hiroomi Kanayama
    Department of Urology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.