Single-docking robotic-assisted nephroureterectomy and extravesical bladder cuff excision without intraoperative repositioning: The technique and oncological outcomes.

CONCLUSION: The single-docking RRNU is an effective treatment for UTUC, avoiding the re-docking of patient-side cart or the intraoperative reposition of patient, and bringing equivalent 5-year IVRFS compared to LRNU. However, the lower 5-year retroperitoneal recurrence-free survival and CS in RRNU cohort warned the concern of higher chance of local tumor spillage during RRNU. The noninferiority of RRNU to LRNU still needed the confirmation of large sample sized, prospective randomized controlled study. PMID: 31941594 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - January 11, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Ye H, Feng X, Wang Y, Chen R, Zhang C, Zhang W, Guo F, Wang Z, Fang Y, Wu Z, Yang Q, Yang B, Lü C, Wang L Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research