Abstract:Kartal and Collegues from Turkey in this important paper studied the oncological and functional results of open partial nephrectomy (OPN) and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) at the T1b clinical stage in 63 patients and compared 41 submitted to OPN and 22 submitted to LPN (1). The authors observed that there are no differences between OPN and LPN techniques between oncological and functional outcomes in patients with clinical stage T1b RCC. Partial nephrectomy (open, laparoscopic or robotic) is considere… Show more
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