Impact of tumor contact surface area on collecting system entry in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a retrospective analysis.
Journal:
BMC urology
Published Date:
May 8, 2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Collecting system entry in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy may occur even in cases showing a low N factor in the R.E.N.A.L nephrometry score. Therefore, in this study, we focused on the tumor contact surface area with the adjacent renal parenchyma and attempted to construct a novel predictive model for collecting system entry.