Background: This study assessed the incidence and impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) on renal prognosis in patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP).
Methods: Medical records of 305 patients treated with RARP were retrospectively reviewed. The patients with postoperative AKIs were dichotomized into early AKI (immediately after surgery) and late AKI (1-7 days after surgery). The impact of AKIs and their risk factors were statistically assessed.
Results: Early and late AKI were observed in 143 (46.9%) and 12 (3.9%) patients, respectively. Hypertension and console time were independent risk factors for early AKI. Among the patients with preoperative eGFR ≥60 mL/min, the eGFR decline 12 months after surgery was significantly greater in patients with early AKI than that without early AKI (-6.8 vs -3.2 mL/min, P = .02).
Conclusions: Approximately half of patients developed early AKI after RARP. The patients with early AKI had reduced renal function 12 months after surgery.
Keywords: acute kidney injury; prostate cancer; robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
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