Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in patients aged 75 years or older - comparing the risk of complications with their younger counterparts.
Rasmus D PeterssonMikkel Mejlgaard FodeMalene H NiebuhrBadal S RashuFrederik B ThomsenPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2024)
Selected patients ≥ 75 years can undergo RAPN without a significantly increased risk of postoperative complications. However, a mortality rate of 3% in this age group indicates that these patients are frail when postoperative complications occur.