Comprehensive Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 3

Studies for robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.

Study	No. of patients	Conversions	Follow-up	Outcomes
Gettman et al. [28]	13	1 to LN	13 months	RALN is feasible and safely performed
Phillips et al. [30]	12	2 one to HALN and 1 to OS	12 months	RALN is safe, feasible, and reproducible
Caruso et al. [31]	10	1 to LN	12 months	RALN safe and feasible procedure in patients with small exophytic masses
Kaul et al. [32]	10	No conversions	15 months	RALN is a viable alternative to LN for patients with small exophytic masses
Deane et al. [33]	10	No conversions	16 months	No difference between RALN and LN as regarding PT,IBL and MWIT

RALN: robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy, LN: laparoscopic nephrectomy, OS: open surgery, PT: procedure time, IBL: intraoperative blood loss, MWIT: mean warm ischemia time.