Orith Portnoy

Robotic, laparoscopic, and open nephrectomy and 30-day pulmonary morbidity: a procedure-stratified cohort study with intraoperative ventilation data

Previous studies of heterogeneous abdominal procedures have reported higher pulmonary-complication rates after robot-assisted surgery, but whether this applies to nephrectomy is uncertain. We evaluated surgical approach and 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) afte...