Comparison of perioperative outcomes in elderly (age ≧ 75 years) vs. younger men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
Yuta YamadaTaro TeshimaTetsuya FujimuraYusuke SatoMasaki NakamuraAya NiimiNaoki KimuraShigenori KakutaniTaketo KawaiDaisuke YamadaMotofumi SuzukiHaruki KumePublished in: PloS one (2020)
The present study showed that the oncologic and surgical outcomes in the elderly group were similar to those in the younger population. However, the duration of hospitalization seemed to be longer in older patients (age ≥ 75 years), despite similar complication rates.