Trends of radical cystectomy and comparisons of surgical outcomes among surgical approaches focusing on robot-assisted radical cystectomy: A Japanese nationwide database study.

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

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the trends in radical cystectomy and to compare surgical outcomes among surgical approaches focusing on robot-assisted radical cystectomy based on a Japanese nationwide database.

Authors

  • Wei Chen
    Department of Urology, Zigong Fourth People's Hospital, Sichuan, China.
  • Minato Yokoyama
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masaki Kobayashi
    Mathematical Science Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda 4-3-11, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan.
  • Bo Fan
    Department of Bioengineering, University of California-San Francisco Berkeley Joint Program, Room A-C106-B, 1 Irving St, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
  • Shohei Fukuda
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yuma Waseda
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Hajime Tanaka
    Departments of 1Urology and.
  • Soichiro Yoshida
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masumi Ai
    Insured Medical Care Management, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
  • Kiyohide Fushimi
    Department of Health Care Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Norio Nonomura
    Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  • Yasuhisa Fujii
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan. y-fujii.uro@tmd.ac.jp.