Nicolas Branger, Nicolas Doumerc, Thibaut Waeckel, Pierre Bigot, Louis Surlemont, Sophie Knipper, Géraldine Pignot, François Audenet, Frank Bruyère, Alexis Fontenil, Bastien Parier, Cécile Champy, Morgan Rouprêt, Jean-Jacques Patard, François Henon, Gaëlle Fiard, Julien Guillotreau, Jean-Baptiste Beauval, Constance Michel, Simon Bernardeau, Fayek Taha, Richard Mallet, Frederic Panthier, Laurent Guy, Louis Vignot, Zine-Eddine Khene, Jean-Christophe Bernhard
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Data regarding open conversion (OC) during minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for renal tumors are reported from big databases, without precise description of the reason and management of OC. The objective of this study was to describe the rate, reasons, and perioperative outcomes of OC in a cohort of patients who underwent MIS for renal tumor initially. The secondary objective was to find the factors associated with OC. METHODS: Between 2008 and 2022, of the 8566 patients included in the UroCCR project prospective database (NCT03293563), who underwent laparoscopic or robot-assisted minimally invasive partial (MIPN) or radical (MIRN) nephrectomy, 163 experienced OC...
May 2024: European urology open science