Open AccessRetroperitoneoscopic versus open surgical radical nephrectomy for 152 Chinese patients with large renal cell carcinoma in clinical stage cT2 or cT3a: A long-term retrospective comparison
Author(s) -
Xuhui Zhu,
Xiaoyong Yang,
Xiaopeng Hu,
Xiaodong Zhang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.186693
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , body mass index , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , laparoscopy , blood loss , urology , kidney , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and long-term efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for Chinese patients with a mean body mass index (BMI) of ≤24 and large renal cell carcinoma (RCC).