EDITORIAL COMMENT

摘要

This report serves as a great opportunity to point out the strengths of data reporting using tools designed for the objective measurement of salient renal anatomy as well as complications. In their analysis of 210 consecutive patients with renal masses treated at 3 institutions, the authors provide an objective measure of complications using the Clavien-Dindo complication grading system in the treatment of renal masses categorized by R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score (references 8 and 15 in article). Of importance, the R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score has been shown to have an excellent interobserver reproducibility across specialties and levels of training (reference 11 in article). In this study the R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score was the only predictive factor associated with the degree of complications on multivariate analysis.