title: Partial Nephrectomy in the Overweight Patient: an Overview.
abstract: The diagnosis and treatment of kidney cancer continues to evolve with advances in imaging and surgical approaches. The use of nephron sparing surgery (NSS) has become the operation of choice for treating small renal masses. Yet, technical difficulty and a variety of approaches have left debate for best method in the overweight population. This review summarizes the current knowledge in the open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches to identify key risk factors, general assessments, complication rates, and the influence of body habitus for each approach.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, #540, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. bschurhamer@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schurhamer
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, #540, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. nrlittlejohn@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Littlejohn
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, #540, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. eeltahawy@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eltahawy
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, #540, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. rdavis@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, #540, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. mkamel@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012371:Robotics; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Obese; Overview; Overweight; Partial nephrectomy; Robotic partial nephrectomy; Surgical approach