Research Article

Do We Need to Clamp the Renal Hilum Liberally during the Initial Phase of the Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted Nephron-Sparing Surgery?

Table 2

Differences between group 1 and group 2 in terms of histopathologic variables.

Group 1 ( )Group 2 ( )

Tumor pathology
 Clear cell RCC, (%)9 (64.2)11 (36.6)
 Papillary RCC, (%)1 (7.1)3 (10)
 Chromophobe RCC, (%)2 (14.2)5 (16.6)
 Oncocytoma, (%)0 (0)4 (13.3)
 Angiomyolipoma, (%)1 (7.1)3 (10)
 Others, (%)1 (7.1)4 (13.3)
Tumor T stage
 T1a, (%)8 (57.1)15 (50)
 T1b, (%)3 (21.4)3 (10)
 T2, (%)1 (7.1)1 (3.3)
 Benign, (%)2 (14.2)11 (36.6)

Positive surgical margins, (%)0 (0)0 (0)