A low RENAL Nephrometry Score can avoid the need for the intraoperative insertion of a ureteral catheter in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
Kenichi NishimuraYuichiro SawadaNaoya SugiharaKeisuke FunakiKanae KoyamaTerutaka NodaTetsuya FukumotoNoriyoshi MiuraYuki MiyauchiTadahiko KikugawaTakashi SaikaPublished in: World journal of surgical oncology (2021)
A ureteral catheter should not be placed in patients with an RNS total score (excluding the L-score) of ≤ 4.