Prognostic Impact of Each Item of the SARC-F Questionnaire in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery for Urologic Cancer.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the association between scores on each item of the SARC-F questionnaire and life expectancy in patients undergoing major surgery for urologic cancer.

Methods: This retrospective study included 1018 patients undergoing elective major urologic cancer surgery. All patients completed the SARC-F questionnaire preoperatively.

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostatic Metastatic Recurrence from Testicular Cancer.

Introduction: Treatment evidence for malignancies metastatic to the prostate in young patients is scarce. Herein, we present a case of prostatic metastasis from testicular cancer treated with induction chemotherapy followed by robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. The patient is a 34-year-old male who underwent radical orchiectomy for a left testicular tumor two years ago and was diagnosed with a mixed germ cell tumor.

Value of Flemish Version of the Triage Risk Screening Tool in Predicting Unfavorable Outcomes after Elective Cancer Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: The Flemish version of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (fTRST), derived from the Triage Risk Screening Tool for assessing risk of readmission to the emergency department, is increasingly used as a simple screening tool in oncology. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of the fTRST in the context of elective surgical treatment for urologic cancer patients.

Methods: We included 886 patients who underwent major urologic cancer surgery at our institution between 2020 and 2022 and underwent preoperative screening, including fTRST.

Comparing Preoperative Screening Tools for Elective Urologic Cancer Surgery: Insights from a Cluster Analysis.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the features and benefits of different geriatric screening tools for enhancing the perioperative care of patients who undergo elective cancer surgery using cluster analysis.

Methods: This study was a retrospective, observational analysis of 1,019 consecutive patients who had elective major cancer surgery in the urology department of our hospital from October 2019 to January 2023. Before the surgery, a trained nurse screened the patients using six tools: Eastern Clinical Oncology Group performance status (ECOG-PS), flemish version of the triage risk screening tool (fTRST), geriatric-8 (G8), instrumental activities of daily living, patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), and simple questionnaire to rapidly diagnose sarcopenia (SARC-F).

An exploratory study on the heterogeneity of postoperative delirium: Preoperative cognitive screening does not detect hallucinatory delirium risk.

Introduction: This study compared the clinical characteristics of patients who had hallucinations and those who did not during delirium after elective cancer surgery.

Materials And Methods: This study retrospectively observed 1137 consecutive patients who had preoperative screening by a trained nurse before elective major urologic cancer surgery in our department. We compared the patient characteristics, including mini-cognitive assessment instrument (Mini-Cog) and Geriatric-8 (G8) scores, between those who developed postoperative delirium and those who did not, and also between those who had hallucinations and those who did not during delirium.

Value of Cystatin C-Based Sarcopenia Index in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Renal Tumors.

Introduction: Sarcopenia is a condition of low muscle strength and quantity, severe if low physical performances. The sarcopenia index (SI), calculated by blood levels of creatinine and cystatin C, had been reported to be correlated with skeletal muscle mass and is a potential simple screening tool for sarcopenia. We hypothesized that patients with a low SI, meaning low muscle mass, would have an inflated estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) value based on serum creatinine levels.

Housework participation and mortality in Japanese male patients undergoing cancer surgery: A propensity score-matched study.

Background: Participation in housework and meal preparation are instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) evaluation items that is known to predict prognosis and complications in cancer care. However, these items are often assessed only for females, not for males, in IADL.

Methods: We examined the impact of habit of housework and meal preparation on overall survival (OS) in 1025 Japanese male patients who underwent elective urologic cancer surgery at our institution.

Simultaneous robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and inguinal hernia repair using a polypropylene mesh: Report of two cases.

Introduction: We report two cases where robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and inguinal hernia repair were performed simultaneously.

Case Presentation: In case one, hernia repair was performed by implantation of 3D Max™ mesh and closure of the peritoneum. Total console time was 156 min, of which hernia repair took 21 min.