title: Acute renal failure after prolonged pneumoperitoneum in robot-assisted prostatectomy: a rare complication report.
abstract: Robot-assisted surgery has been used widely in urological surgery since 2000. In Taiwan, robotic surgery started in 2004 and progress has been ongoing since this time. Herein we report a case of acute renal failure post robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. The patient received postoperative hemodialysis and intensive care. The renal function recovered to a serum creatinine level of 2.0 mg/dl 2 months after surgical intervention. The renal function was still normal and the PSA level was nadir after one-year follow-up. The outcome is encouraging from the point of view of oncology. To our knowledge, this is the first report of postoperative acute renal failure in robotic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung, 407 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jian-Ri
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung, 407 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chen-Li
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung, 407 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wei-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Siu-Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung, 407 Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chi-Rei
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Acute renal failure; Laparoscopy; Pneumoperitoneum; Prostatectomy; Robot