title: Rebuttal from authors re: Vincenzo Ficarra, Antonio Galfano and Stefano Cavalleri. Is simple enucleation a minimal partial nephrectomy responding to the EAU guidelines' recommendations? Eur Urol 2009;55:1315-8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. andreamine@libero.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minervini
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serni
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Cristofano
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carini
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome