Two-port robot-assisted vs standard robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a matched-pair comparison.

Objective: To compare the outcomes between 2-port robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (2-portRALPN) and standard robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (sRALPN).

Methods: From May 2009 to February 2010, 35 2-portRALPN were done by a single surgeon in a university-based tertiary referral center. A cohort of 35 patients who underwent sRALPN from September 2006 to July 2009 was selected for retrospective comparison and matched for tumor complexity.

Pediatric laparoendoscopic single-site partial nephrectomy: initial report.

Objectives: We present a case of transumbilical laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) for partial nephrectomy in a child.

Methods: On May 22, 2009, we performed LESS partial nephrectomy on a 7-year-old girl with a 3.5-cm renal mass.