Open Partial Nephrectomy in the Management of Small Renal Masses

Table 2

Complications of open NSS and RN [23].

	NSS (%), (𝑛=268)	RN (%), (𝑛=273)
Rate of severe haemorrhage	3.1	1.2
Pleural damage	11.5	9.3
Spleen damage	0.4	0.4
Postoperative CT abnormalities	5.8	2.0
Urinary fistula development	4.4	—
Reoperation for complications	4.4	2.4

Perioperative blood loss was slightly higher after RN (𝑃>.05).
NSS: Nephron sparing surgery, RN: Radical nephrectomy, CT: Computed tomography.