Robotic partial nephrectomy: A promising treatment option for T1b and complex renal tumors?

摘要

Only few studies reporting the oncological, peri-operative and functional outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) performed for Tib or complex renal tumors are currently available in literature. We read with interest the recently published paper by Masson-Lecomte and collaborators, and we congratulate for the relevance of this study.1 This is one of the largest, multi-institutional study evaluating the operative and oncologic outcomes of 54 consecutive RAPN for tumors over 4 cm. The tumor complexity was evaluated by the R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score, which classify the kidney tumors into three different risk categories, according to their anatomical features.