Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy with minimum follow-up of 5 years: A multi-center prospective study in Japan.
Junya FurukawaNobuyuki HinataJun TeisimaAtsushi TakenakaRyoichi ShirokiYasuyuki KobayashiHiro-Omi KanayamaKazunori HattoriShigeo HorieKeiichi TozawaMasashi KatoChikara OhyamaTomonori HabuchiNaoki KawamoritaMasatoshi EtoMasato FujisawaPublished in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2022)
Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in patients with a T1 renal tumor is safe, feasible, and effective from the perspective of quality of life and survival, even after 5 years. When making treatment decisions, perioperative and quality of life outcomes should be considered together with long-term oncological outcomes.