Initial experience in robot-associated radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy
Kojiro Ohba, Kensuke Mitsunari, Hiromi Nakanishi, Takuji Yasuda, Yuichiro Nakamura, Tomohiro Matsuo, Yasushi Mochizuki, Ryoichi Imamura · 2023
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Kojiro Ohba and co-authors report their first cases of robot-assisted kidney cancer surgery in a 2023 paper. Kidney tumors sometimes grow a clot of cancer up the renal vein into the body's main vein, the inferior vena cava. Removing kidney and clot together by open surgery carries heavy risks. The team tried the da Vinci robot on four patients whose clots reached the same middle level of the vein.
The steps combined belly repositioning, artery control, vein clamping and opening, and one-piece removal of kidney and clot. Operations averaged about five hours of console time, blood loss stayed near two hundred milliliters, and no one needed a transfusion. The authors call the approach safe in this first small series, with acceptable early outcomes.
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| CREATOR | Kojiro Ohba, Kensuke Mitsunari, Hiromi Nakanishi, Takuji Yasuda, Yuichiro Nakamura, Tomohiro Matsuo, Yasushi Mochizuki, Ryoichi Imamura |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |