Single-port vs multi-port robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: A single center propensity score-matched analysis.

Journal: European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study is to compare key outcomes of Single-Port (SP) and Multi-Port (MP) robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN).

Authors

  • Leslie Claire Licari
    Urology Unit, Department of Maternal-Child and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
  • Eugenio Bologna
    Urology Unit, Department of Maternal-Child and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
  • Antonio Franco
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Francesco Ditonno
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Celeste Manfredi
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Jonathan Huang
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Kalyan Latchamsetty
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Christopher Coogan
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Ephrem O Olweny
    Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Edward E Cherullo
    Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center. Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Alexander K Chow
    School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Srinivas Vourganti
    Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Riccardo Autorino
    Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.