MASTERCLASS 3rd edition – ROBOT ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To extend the knowledge of robotic assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) providing indications and limits of the technique.

To optimize perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes after RAPN. 

To present RAPN live surgeries using different surgical approaches and different resection techniques for the conservative treatment of renal tumors.

To provide the current evidences of a possible advantage of robotic assisted radical nephrectomy (RARN) to treat locally advanced renal tumors.

To present RARN live surgeries in different clinical settings.

To present the latest results of the major Italian studies on kidney cancer and RAPN (SIB3 Study, RECORd2, CLOCK1 and CLOCK 2).