title: Nephrometry scoring systems for surgical decision-making in nephron-sparing surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Herein, we review the various recently published nephrometry scoring systems and the available data on their ability to predict clinical outcomes and their usefulness for new operative techniques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several studies showed that the preoperative aspects and dimensions used for anatomical classification score, the RENAL system, and the centrality index are reproducible and able to predict certain clinical intraoperative and postoperative variables in patients undergoing nephron-sparing surgery. Addition of variables, such as the BMI, to the pre-existing scores might improve their predictive abilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nephrometry scoring systems may allow better preoperative planning and counseling of patients. If they gain widespread use in clinical practice, they may also help to give reliable comparisons of morbidity rates among different partial nephrectomy techniques, individual surgeons, and institutions.
authors: Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Waldert
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Klatte
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009399:Nephrons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015588:Observer Variation; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012107:Research Design / Q000639:trends*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome