Cancers (Sep 2022)

On-Clamp vs. Off-Clamp Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for cT2 Renal Tumors: Retrospective Propensity-Score-Matched Multicenter Outcome Analysis

  • Aldo Brassetti,
  • Giovanni E. Cacciamani,
  • Andrea Mari,
  • Juan D. Garisto,
  • Riccardo Bertolo,
  • Chandru P. Sundaram,
  • Ithaar Derweesh,
  • Ahmet Bindayi,
  • Prokar Dasgupta,
  • James Porter,
  • Alexander Mottrie,
  • Luigi Schips,
  • Koon Ho Rah,
  • David Y. T. Chen,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Kenneth Jacobsohn,
  • Umberto Anceschi,
  • Alfredo M. Bove,
  • Manuela Costantini,
  • Mariaconsiglia Ferriero,
  • Riccardo Mastroianni,
  • Leonardo Misuraca,
  • Gabriele Tuderti,
  • Alexander Kutikov,
  • Wesley M. White,
  • Stephen T. Ryan,
  • Francesco Porpiglia,
  • Jihad Kaouk,
  • Andrea Minervini,
  • Inderbir Gill,
  • Riccardo Autorino,
  • Giuseppe Simone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14184431
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 18
p. 4431

Abstract

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We compared perioperative outcomes after on-clamp versus off-clamp robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) for >7 cm renal masses. A multicenter dataset was queried for patients who had undergone RAPN for a cT2cN0cM0 kidney tumor from July 2007 to February 2022. The Trifecta achievement (negative surgical margins, no severe complications, and ≤ 30% postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduction) was considered a surrogate of surgical quality. Overall, 316 cases were included in the analysis, and 58% achieved the Trifecta. A propensity-score-matched analysis generated two cohorts of 89 patients homogeneous for age, ASA score, preoperative eGFR, and RENAL score (all p > 0.21). Compared to the on-clamp approach, OT was significantly shorter in the off-clamp group (80 vs. 190 min; p p = 0.01), and the Trifecta rate higher (66% vs. 46%; p = 0.01). In a crude analysis, >20 min of hilar clamping was associated with a significantly higher risk of sRFD (OR: 2.30; 95%CI: 1.13–4.64; p = 0.02) and with reduced probabilities of achieving the Trifecta (OR: 0.46; 95%CI: 0.27–0.79; p = 0.004). Purely off-clamp RAPN seems to be a safe and viable option to treat cT2 renal masses and may outperform the on-clamp approach regarding perioperative surgical outcomes.

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