Partial Resection of the Kidney for Renal Cancer

The widespread use of abdominal imaging led to an increased early detection of small renal masses in asymptomatic patients. Minimally invasive surgery as laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery are widely used techniques for kidney surgery particularly for small renal masses. In this chapter robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is meticulously described and perioperative, functional and oncologic outcomes are widely discussed.