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    Photodynamic diagnostic ureteroscopy using the VISERA ELITE video system for diagnosis of upper-urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a prospective cohort pilot study

    The advantages of photodynamic diagnostic technology using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDD) have been established. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the usefulness of ALA-PDD to diagnose ...

    Koichiro Wada, Motoo Araki, Ryuta Tanimoto, Takuya Sadahira, Shogo Watari in BMC Urology (2021)

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    Comparison of longitudinal health-related quality-of-life outcomes between anterior and posterior surgical approaches to robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    Increasingly, studies have explored health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Nevertheless, no study has compared differences between anterior and poste...

    Yuki Maruyama, Takuya Sadahira, Motoo Araki, Yosuke Mitsui in Journal of Robotic Surgery (2020)

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    Clinical impact of abdominal fat distribution measured by 3-D computed tomography volumetry on post-transplant renal function in recipients after living kidney transplantation: a retrospective study

    Excessive visceral fat may decrease renal function because of metabolic derangements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of abdominal fat distribution on renal function of recipients after kidney...

    Yosuke Mitsui, Takuya Sadahira, Motoo Araki in Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (2019)

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    Robotic-Assisted Renal Autotransplantation: Preliminary Studies and Future Directions

    The indications for renal autotransplantation (RATx) include renal vascular trauma, thrombosis, stenosis, aneurysm, complex ureteral injuries, renal cell carcinoma, urolithiasis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, and ...

    Motoo Araki, Koichiro Wada, Kasumi Kawamura, Yuuki Maruyama in Endourology Progress (2019)

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    Prognostic impact of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity on the outcomes of patients with germ cell tumors

    Bleomycin pulmonary toxicity (BPT) has been well described in patients with germ cell tumors treated with bleomycin etoposide and cisplatin chemotherapy (BEP). To assess the prognostic impact of BPT, we retros...

    Yuki Maruyama, Takuya Sadahira, Yosuke Mitsui, Motoo Araki in Medical Oncology (2018)

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    The assessment of renal cortex and parenchymal volume using automated CT volumetry for predicting renal function after donor nephrectomy

    Contrast-enhanced CT is necessary before donor nephrectomy and is usually combined with a Tc-99m-mercapto-acetyltriglycine (MAG3) scan to check split renal function (SRF). However, all transplant programs do n...

    Yosuke Mitsui, Takuya Sadahira, Motoo Araki in Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (2018)