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Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy and Vena Cava Thrombus Management

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Radical nephrectomy (RN) is a treatment option for high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC). With the expansion of partial nephrectomy indications, the usage of RN is not as frequent as previous. Robot-assisted radical nephrectomy (RARN) overcomes many technical and ergonomic difficulties associated with conventional laparoscopic procedures. RARN has an important therapeutic role in locally advanced RCC, cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) in metastatic RCC, and RN with concurrent lymph node dissection (LND) and/or inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy. We have described the related theory and techniques of RARN and robotic IVC thrombectomy in this chapter.

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  2. Central Ohio Urology Group, Columbus, OH, USA

    Ronney Abaza

  3. Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

    Xu Zhang & Qingbo Huang

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Zhu, G., Abaza, R., Zhang, X., Huang, Q. (2022). Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy and Vena Cava Thrombus Management. In: Wiklund, P., Mottrie, A., Gundeti, M.S., Patel, V. (eds) Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00363-9_42

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