Fewer Complications With Robotic Nephrectomy in Complex Kidney Tumors
Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) led to a lower rate of complications compared with open partial nephrectomy (OPN) in patients with intermediate- or high-complexity kidney tumors, the randomized OpeRa trial found. Among over 200 patients, 36.6% of those who underwent RAPN had a postoperative complication of any kind within 30 days — the trial’s primary endpoint […]