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Abbreviations

EBL:

Estimated blood loss

eGFR:

Estimated glomerular filtration rate

LPN:

Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

PN:

Partial nephrectomy

RAPN:

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

WIT:

Warm ischaemic time

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  1. Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology—Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35100, Padua, Italy

    Giacomo Novara, Sabrina La Falce & Filiberto Zattoni

  2. ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium

    Giacomo Novara & Alexander Mottrie

  3. Department of Human and Pediatric Pathology, Urologic section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Vincenzo Ficarra

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Novara, G., Ficarra, V., La Falce, S., Zattoni, F., Mottrie, A. (2018). Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy. In: Ahmed, K., Raison, N., Challacombe, B., Mottrie, A., Dasgupta, P. (eds) The Management of Small Renal Masses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65657-1_10

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