Nephrectomy for benign disease in the <scp>UK</scp> : results from the British Association of Urological Surgeons nephrectomy database

Abstract

The present study reports the largest series of nephrectomies performed for benign disease and the resultant data now support the bespoke preoperative counselling of patients. Furthermore, it confirms the commonly held view that simple nephrectomy can be more difficult than its radical counterpart. The authors suggest that the term 'simple nephrectomy' is changed to 'benign nephrectomy'.