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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 Thomsen
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • cardiovascular disease
  • minimally invasive
  • coronary artery disease
  • patient reported