Review Article
Open Partial Nephrectomy in the Management of Small Renal Masses
Table 1
Open partial nephrectomy indications (table adapted from 12).
| I. Absolute Indications | a. Tumors in a solitary kidney | b. Bilateral synchronous renal masses | c. Severe renal insufficiency | ā | II. Relative Indications | a. Presence of pre-existing renal disease in the
contralateral kidney | 1. Nephrolithiasis | 2. Recurrent pyelonephritis | 3. Mild-moderate renal insufficiency | 4. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction | 5. Vesicoureteral reflux | b. Presence of diseases predisposing to renal
insufficiency | 1. Diabetes | 2. Hypertension | c. Patients with known multifocal disease or underlying
genetic syndromes | 1. Papillary RCC | 2. Von Hippel-Lindau disease |
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