Impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and urologists' treatment behaviors: A single tertiary center retrospective study.

Yoichiro TohiYu OsakiTakuma KatoTomoko HondaYohei AbeHirohito NaitoYuki MatsuokaHomare OkazoeRikiya TaokaNobufumi UedaMikio Sugimoto

Published in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2024)

The COVID-19 pandemic did not adversely affect the oncologic outcomes of RARP and QOL before RARP. However, it caused urologists to increase the use of preoperative ADT and to reserve RARP for higher-risk cases.

Keyphrases

radical prostatectomy
robot assisted
coronavirus disease
prostate cancer
minimally invasive
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
patients undergoing
type diabetes
weight loss
combination therapy
skeletal muscle