Editing Robotic Partial Nephrectomy (section)

== Advantages of Robotic Approach ==

*Compared to laparoscopic approach (2014 meta-analysis[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25572825/])
**Significantly lower rate of conversion to open surgery, conversion to radical surgery, shorter warm ischemia time, smaller change of estimated glomerular filtration rate, and shorter length of stay
**No significant differences in complications of Clavien-Dindo classification grades 1-2, Clavien-Dindo classification grades 3-5, change of serum creatinine, operative time, estimated blood loss, and positive surgical margins
* Compared to open approach (2022 meta-analysis [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35193139/])
**Significantly lower rates of blood loos, length of stay, and postoperative complications
**No significant differences in operative time, warm ischemia time, positive surgical margins, preoperative eGFR, postoperative eGFR and intraoperative complications