title: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Expanding Utilization, Advancing Innovation.
abstract: Robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) is gaining increasing prominence for nephron-sparing surgery in the treatment of patients with localized kidney tumors. RPN offers the benefits of minimally invasive surgery with a shorter learning curve compared with its laparoscopic counterpart. While long-term data are awaited, RPN does provide short-term oncologic and functional outcomes comparable to open and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Furthermore, robotic surgery has facilitated technical innovation, including the elimination of warm ischemia, provided minimally invasive alternatives to patients with complex tumors, and importantly, has fuelled increased dissemination of partial nephrectomy surgery among community urologists.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto , Toronto, Canada .
authors.forename: Christopher J D
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wallis
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto , Toronto, Canada .
authors.forename: Alaina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garbens
authors.affiliation: 2 USC Institute of Urology and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.affiliation: 2 USC Institute of Urology and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Inderbir S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto , Toronto, Canada .
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satkunasivam
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009399:Nephrons; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000072178:Urologists; D052096:Warm Ischemia
keywords: kidney; minimally invasive surgery; partial nephrectomy; robotics