Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan
The safety and efficacy of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) has been reported in Western countries. However, there are no similar reported studies of RAPN in Japan. Although common medical services are covered by public health insurance in Japan, RAPN had not been approved as a listed tre...
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| author | Nobuyuki Hinata Masato Fujisawa |
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| description | The safety and efficacy of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) has been reported in Western countries. However, there are
no similar reported studies of RAPN in Japan. Although common medical services are covered by public health insurance in Japan,
RAPN had not been approved as a listed treatment for public insurance. We conducted a prospective clinical trial to confirm the
efficacy and safety of RAPN in Japan. The aim of the present review article is to describe current status of RAPN in Japan and to
introduce a part of clinical results obtained from the clinical trial. Based on the favorable results obtained in this clinical trial, RAPN
was approved in April 2016 by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to be covered by public health insurance. This
change allows access to RAPN to everyone in Japan, regardless of wealth. The RAPN techniques used in Japan are also reviewed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-346deab646e54d8fbe775265b868952c2022-12-22T01:40:11ZengKorean Urological AssociationInvestigative and Clinical Urology2466-04932466-054X2016-12-0157Suppl 2S121S12910.4111/icu.2016.57.S2.S121Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in JapanNobuyuki Hinata0Masato Fujisawa 1Kobe University Graduate School of MedicineKobe University Graduate School of MedicineThe safety and efficacy of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) has been reported in Western countries. However, there are no similar reported studies of RAPN in Japan. Although common medical services are covered by public health insurance in Japan, RAPN had not been approved as a listed treatment for public insurance. We conducted a prospective clinical trial to confirm the efficacy and safety of RAPN in Japan. The aim of the present review article is to describe current status of RAPN in Japan and to introduce a part of clinical results obtained from the clinical trial. Based on the favorable results obtained in this clinical trial, RAPN was approved in April 2016 by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to be covered by public health insurance. This change allows access to RAPN to everyone in Japan, regardless of wealth. The RAPN techniques used in Japan are also reviewed.https://www.icurology.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2020ICU/icu-57-S121.pdfHealth insurance; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Nobuyuki Hinata Masato Fujisawa Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan Investigative and Clinical Urology Health insurance; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma |
| title | Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan |
| title_full | Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan |
| title_fullStr | Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan |
| title_short | Current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in Japan |
| title_sort | current status of robotic partial nephrectomy in japan |
| topic | Health insurance; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma |
| url | https://www.icurology.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2020ICU/icu-57-S121.pdf |
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