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Contemporary Use of Partial Nephrectomy: Are Older Patients With Impaired Kidney Function Being Left Behind?
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Urology . Feb2017, Vol. 100 Issue 1, p65-71. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To assess whether patient factors, such as age and preoperative kidney function, were associated with receipt of partial nephrectomy in a national integrated healthcare system.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>We identified patients treated with a radical or partial nephrectomy from 2002 to 2014 in the Veterans Health Administration. We examined associations among patient age, sex, race or ethnicity, multimorbidity, baseline kidney function, tumor characteristics, and receipt of partial nephrectomy. We estimated the odds of receiving a partial nephrectomy and assessed interactions between covariates and the year of surgery to explore whether patient factors associated with partial nephrectomy changed over time.<bold>Results: </bold>In our cohort of 14,186 patients, 4508 (31.2%) received a partial nephrectomy. Use of partial nephrectomy increased from 17% in 2002 to 32% in 2008 and to 38% in 2014. Patient race or ethnicity, age, tumor stage, and year of surgery were independently associated with receipt of partial nephrectomy. Black veterans had significantly increased odds of receipt of partial nephrectomy, whereas older patients had significantly reduced odds. Partial nephrectomy utilization increased for all groups over time, but older patients and patients with worse baseline kidney function showed the least increase in odds of partial nephrectomy.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Although the utilization of partial nephrectomy increased for all groups, the greatest increase occurred in the youngest patients and those with the highest baseline kidney function. These trends warrant further investigation to ensure that patients at the highest risk of impaired kidney function are considered for partial nephrectomy whenever possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *KIDNEY disease treatments
*NEPHRECTOMY
*KIDNEY function tests
*KIDNEY disease risk factors
*OLDER patients
*AGE distribution
*CREATININE
*KIDNEY tumors
*VETERANS
*RENAL cell carcinoma
*KIDNEY failure
*TUMOR classification
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*PATIENT selection
*DISEASE complications
*SURGERY
*DIAGNOSIS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00904295
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Urology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120951472
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2016.08.044