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Objective
To assess the safety and feasibility of robot‐assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (R‐RPLND) and to compare the perioperative outcomes of R‐RPLND with open RPLND (O‐RPLND), as RPLND forms an integral part of the management of testis cancer and R‐RPLND is a minimally invasive treatment option for this disease.
Materials and Methods
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Background
This study was aimed at assessing the associations of sarcopenia, muscle density, adiposity, and inflammation with overall survival (OS) after cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Methods
In all, 158 patients undergoing CN from 2001 to 2014 had digitized preoperative imaging for tissue segmentation via Slice‐O‐Matic software (version 5.0) at the mid‐L3...
BACKGROUND
Body composition and inflammation are gaining importance for prognostication in cancer. This study investigated the individual and combined utility of the preoperative skeletal muscle index (SMI) and the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) for estimating postoperative outcomes in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) undergoing nephrectomy.
METHODS
The authors performed...