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    Unilateral adrenalectomy for a drug-resistant bilateral primary aldosteronism with heart failure: pathophysiology and surgical indication

    Patients with bilateral primary aldosteronism (PA) generally are treated with antihypertensive drugs, but optimal treatment for patients with complications due to refractory hypertension has not been establish...

    Seiji Hoshi, Akifumi Onagi, Ryo Tanji, Ruriko Honda-Takinami in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2023)

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    Role of puboperinealis and rectourethralis muscles as a urethral support system to maintain urinary continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    The present study investigated the role of a urethral support system to maintain urinary continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), with a focus on pelvic floor muscles, such as the puboperi...

    Masao Kataoka, Satoru Meguro, Ryo Tanji, Akifumi Onagi in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Usefulness of the mayo adhesive probability score as a predictive factor for renal function deterioration after partial nephrectomy: a retrospective case–control study

    Whether the Mayo adhesive probability score, an index of the perinephric fat environment, could be a predictive factor for renal function deterioration after partial nephrectomy was investigated.

    Junya Hata, Yuta Matsuoka, Akifumi Onagi in International Urology and Nephrology (2021)

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    Transient renal dysfunction due to rhabdomyolysis after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    The aim of the present study was to investigate whether renal dysfunction following rhabdomyolysis occurs after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), and to investigate the factors related to rhabdomyol...

    Akifumi Onagi, Nobuhiro Haga, Ryo Tanji in International Urology and Nephrology (2020)

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    The preoperative pad test as a predictor of urinary incontinence and quality of life after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a prospective, observational, clinical study

    To assess whether the preoperative 1-h pad test could predict postoperative urinary incontinence and quality of life after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

    Yoshimasa Kurimura, Nobuhiro Haga in International Urology and Nephrology (2020)