Background: To investigate the impact of accidental tumor incision (ATI) during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) on the treatment outcome of LPN and to determine the predictive factors for ATI.
Patients and methods: Consecutive 156 patients with renal tumors suspicious of renal cell carcinoma cT1N0M0 undergoing laparoscopic partial nephrectomy at Yokohama City University between May 2003 and November 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. The analyzed clinical factors included maximum tumor diameter, the R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score, occurrence of ATI during surgery, and the postoperative pathological findings including the presence of a pseudocapsule. Port site metastasis, tumor seeding, and local recurrence were investigated by routine follow-up computed tomography during the postoperative period.
Results: Among enrolled 156 procedures, 12 (7.7%) showed ATI during surgery. Positive surgical margin and local tumor recurrence were observed in 5 and 1 cases in the non-ATI group, respectively, as compared with in no cases in the ATI group. Port site metastasis or tumor seeding was not observed in either group. Multivariate analysis indicated that pseudocapsule formation significantly correlated with ATI (P = .022) and that maximum tumor diameter was a possible predictor of ATI (P = .054).
Conclusion: To our knowledge, there are no previous studies to evaluate the impact of ATI, and we here, for the first time, report that the risk of ATI is influenced by the presence of a pseudocapsule, and, to some degree, by the tumor size. Moreover, we also show that ATI during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is not necessarily associated with poor outcomes such as local tumor recurrence.
Keywords: Laparoscopy approach; Laparoscopy malignant; Partial nephrectomy; Pseudocapsule; Renal cancer.
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