The Impact of Minimally Invasive Techniques on Open Partial Nephrectomy: A 10-Year Single Institutional Experience

At a tertiary referral center the introduction of minimally invasive, nephron sparing surgical techniques has drawn away less complicated, less aggressive tumors, reserving the bulk of more complicated central tumors for open partial nephrectomy without decreasing the total number of open cases. With experience these more difficult central tumors are being successfully treated with decreased warm ischemia time and complication rates that are comparable to those in historical series.