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The Management of Small Renal Masses pp 153–161Cite as

Challenging Situations in Robotic Partial Nephrectomy

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Abbreviations

ESRD:

End-stage renal disease

MIS:

Minimally invasive surgery

NSS:

Nephron-sparing surgery

OR:

Operating room

PN:

Partial nephrectomy

PSM:

Positive surgical margin

RCC:

Renal cell carcinoma

TA:

Thermal ablation

VHL:

Von Hippel-Lindau

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Raison, N., Doeuk, N., Malthouse, T., Kasivisvanathan, V., Lam, W., Challacombe, B. (2018). Challenging Situations in Robotic 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_14

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