International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Jun 15, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy is widely performed for small renal masses, achieving excellent perioperative and intermediate oncological outcomes. However, long-term oncological, functional, and quality of life outcomes after robot-a...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Jun 6, 2022
OBJECTIVES: It has been well documented that partial nephrectomy for completely endophytic renal tumors is a highly challenging procedure accompanied by several technical difficulties even with the assistance of a robotic surgical system. This study ...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
May 23, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationships of intraoperative surgical position with the incidence of postoperative rhabdomyolysis and with postoperative renal function to safely perform robot-assisted radical prostatect...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Apr 11, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Nerve sparing may increase positive surgical margin rate during radical prostatectomy. Our objective was to analyze the positive surgical margin rate and location as well as its impact on biochemical recurrence according to nerve sparing ...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Mar 26, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Literature suggests access to robotic surgery varies by race and payer status. We seek to investigate whether disparities exist in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery among the pediatric urology population at our tertiary academic medical ...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Mar 2, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Martini et al. developed a nomogram to predict significant (>25%) renal function loss after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and identified four risk categories. We aimed to externally validate Martini's nomogram on a large, national, m...