Robot-assisted Simple Enucleation Versus Standard Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Low- or Intermediate-complexity, Clinical T1 Renal Tumors: A Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial.

Journal: European urology oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although partial nephrectomy has become the gold standard for T1 renal tumors whenever technically feasible, simple enucleation has shown superior results. To the best of our knowledge, no randomized controlled trials comparing these two surgical approaches have been published.

Authors

  • Qun Lu
    Internal Medicine, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 214000 Wuxi, China.
  • Xiaozhi Zhao
    Department of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, No. 321 Zhongshan Rd, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China. zhaoxz@nju.edu.cn.
  • Shun Zhang
    Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
  • Guoli Wang
  • Changwei Ji
    Department of Urology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
  • Guangxiang Liu
    Department of Urology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
  • Yao Fu
    Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis of CAS, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
  • Linfeng Xu
    Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, FL, USA.
  • Shiwei Zhang
    Department of Stomatology, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde Foshan), Foshan, China.
  • Xiaogong Li
    Department of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
  • Weidong Gan
    Department of Urology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
  • Gutian Zhang
    Department of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
  • Hongqian Guo
    Department of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University, No. 321 Zhongshan Rd, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China. dr.ghq@nju.edu.cn.