EXPLORING THE LEARNING CURVE, PATHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES AND PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY OF LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY PERFORMED FOR RENAL MASS

Abstract

LPN is an effective approach for treating small renal masses with low perioperative morbidity. Contrary to previous reports, more than 30% of the enhancing renal lesions excised in this series were found to be benign on final pathological evaluation.