European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
Aug 1, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Purely hilar lesions and those abutting the main renal artery or vein may be significantly different in terms of surgical complexity, requiring different resection strategies. To describe surgical technique and to assess its safety, oncol...
Robotic surgery has become widely used in the field of urology. We experienced concurrent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) for the complex cases of synchronous primary cancers. Concurrent RARP ...
BACKGROUND: Accurate estimation of surgical transfusion risk is essential for efficient allocation of blood bank resources and for other aspects of anesthetic planning. This study hypothesized that a machine learning model incorporating both surgery-...
To evaluate potential factors associated with the risk of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) with implications on length of hospital stay (LOHS) and major post-operative complications in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy ...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether criteria exist to guide election between the use the three- or four-arm technique in robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) instead of just the surgeon's preference.
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Dec 1, 2021
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the trends and safety of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy during the initial 2-year period after government approval for this type of procedure in April 2016.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)
Aug 1, 2021
BACKGROUND: The paucity of accurate quantitative standards for determining the quantity of red blood cells (RBCs) needed for perioperative patients and the predominant application of the "preoperative hemoglobin + surgery type" empirical decision-mak...