|
|
- 2019
Trend of Surgical Treatment of Localized Renal Cell CarcinomaDOI: 10.7812/TPP/18-108 Keywords: cancer, implementation, kidney, kidney neoplasms laparoscopy, malignancy, minimally invasive, partial nephrectomy, practice patterns, RALPN, renal cell carcinoma, robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, robotic surgical procedures Abstract: Rapid adoption of robotics has introduced a paradigm change in prostate cancer treatment, with more than 80% of prostatectomies performed robotically in 2015. For treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), this change has not previously been reported. We evaluated trends in surgical management of RCC in Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) within the last 16 years, especially after adoption of robotics
|
