Functional and oncological outcomes of open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a multicentre comparative matched-pair analyses with a median of 5 years' follow-up.
Ki Don ChangAli Abdel RaheemKwang Hyun KimCheol Kyu OhSung Yul ParkYoung Sik KimWon-Sik HamWoong Kyu HanYoung Deuk ChoiByung Ha ChungKoon Ho RhaPublished in: BJU international (2018)
In the present study, RAPN, LPN and OPN had similar local recurrence, distant metastasis and cancer-related death rates at a 5-year median follow-up. In terms of functional outcomes, RAPN was associated with a lower incidence of CKD upstaging compared with OPN and LPN.