Abstract:SUMMARY
Objective: To evaluate impact of deliberate renal parenchymal loss on renal function, distinguished from ischemic-reperfusion (I-R) injury after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) under warm ischemia (WI).Patients and methods: Thirty five patients with a single polar renal mass £4 cm with normal contralateral kidney planned for transperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) under WI using en-bloc hilar occlusion in a prospective study. Total differential renal function (T-DRF) using 99TTc-D… Show more
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