Katsuki Muramoto, Fumihiko Urabe, Yuhei Koike, Shutaro Yamamoto, Hirotaka Suzuki, Keiichiro Miyajima, Wataru Fukuokaya, Kosuke Iwatani, Yu Imai, Taro Igarashi, Keiichiro Mori, Koichi Aikawa, Shoji Kimura, Kojiro Tashiro, Yuta Yamada, Takaya Sasaki, Shun Sato, Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Tatsuya Shimomura, Akira Furuta, Shunsuke Tsuzuki, Jun Miki, Takahiro Kimura
BACKGROUND: The effect of radical nephroureterectomy (RNUx) on postoperative renal function in patients diagnosed with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) has not been thoroughly explored. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis including 785 patients who underwent RNUx for UTUC. We assessed the preoperative and postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) and factors related to the decline in eGFR. Additionally, we examined the effect of comorbidities (diabetes or hypertension) on the postoperative eGFR at 1 year...
May 9, 2024: Urologic Oncology