Abstract:Background & Objective: Nowadays, partial nephrectomy (PN) has specific indications in renal tumors. There are challenges regarding the remaining and seeding of malignant cells after surgery due to increasing tendency to do laparoscopic PN (LPN) and consequently increased manipulation of the surrounding tumor tissue. The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of renal capsule invasion (RCI) and perinephric fat infiltration (PFI) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who had underwent PN… Show more
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