Advantages of organ-sparing treatment approaches in metastatic kidney cancer.

Purpose: This study analyzed oncological outcomes of patients with metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) treated with cytoreductive partial nephrectomy or nephrectomy.

Methods: This prospective non-randomized cohort study included 109 patients with metastatic ccRCC who underwent surgical treatment between 2011 and 2020. Patients were stratified into cytoreductive partial nephrectomy or nephrectomy groups.

Renal biopsies for small renal masses. For whom, when and how.

Objective of this manuscript is to provide an evidence-based analysis of the current status and future perspectives in kidney biopsies in small renal masses (BSRM). A PubMed search has been performed for all relevant urological literature regarding BSRM. A literature research of English, French and Spanish languages was performed using the Pubmed database from 2000 to February 2012 using the terms renal mass biopsy and renal tumor biopsy.

Radical prostatectomy: evolution of surgical technique from the laparoscopic point of view.

Purpose: To review the literature and present a current picture of the evolution in radical prostatectomy from the laparoscopic point of view.

Materials And Methods: We conducted an extensive Medline literature search. Articles obtained regarding laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and our experience at Institut Montsouris were used for reassessing anatomical and technical issues in radical prostatectomy.

Surgical outcomes for men undergoing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy after transurethral resection of the prostate.

Purpose: We reviewed outcomes for men with a history of transurethral prostate resection who underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: Between January 26, 1998 and December 2006, 3,061 men underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy at our institution. A retrospective review showed that 119 had a history of transurethral prostate resection.