Assessment of volume preservation performed before or after partial nephrectomy accurately predicts postoperative renal function: Results from a prospective multicenter study

Partial nephrectomy (PN) offers patients comparable survival to radical nephrectomy (RN) while sparing renal parenchyma, leading to a better preservation of renal function after surgery [1 –8]. For this reason, PN has become the surgical standard of care for patients with amenable renal masses. Along with factors such as preoperative glomerular filtration rate (GFR), age, tumor size, and solitary kidney, the volume of preserved parenchyma appears to be an important factor determinin g postoperative renal function after PN [9–14] that, in turn, represents an important determinant of cancer survivorship in patients with localized renal tumors [7,8,15].
Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research