Francesco Ditonno

Determinants of early acute kidney injury after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a single-institution analysis of a prospectively maintained cohort

PURPOSE: To adjudicate in a homogeneous cohort of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) the competing determinants of early acute kidney injury (AKI) within a single framework and compare the discriminative value of the RENAL, PADUA, and contact surface area (CSA) nephrometry...

Robot-Assisted Versus Open and Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombectomy forRenal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background/Objectives: To compare perioperative, pathological, functional, and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy (RARN-TT) versus open (ORN-TT) and laparoscopic (LRN-TT) approaches. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and W...