Bench Surgery with Robot-assisted Kidney Autotransplantation for Complex Kidney Tumors: Technique and Outcomes from a Single Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Bench surgery (BenS) with kidney autotransplantation serves as an alternative to nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for patients harboring high-complexity renal tumors that are ineligible for in situ partial nephrectomy (PN). However, the experience of BenS with robot-assisted kidney autotransplantation (RAKAT) has been scarce in such cases. Here, we describe the operative techniques, and functional and oncological outcomes of BenS with RAKAT.

Methods

We reviewed prospectively followed 12 patients with complex solitary or bilateral kidney tumors who underwent robot-assisted nephrectomy (RAN) with BenS and RAKAT at our institution from January 2018 to May 2021 and all surgical procedures were performed by the same surgical team. The surgical, functional, a

SUBMITTER: Fan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889583 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature