2022
Techniques of robotic assisted partial nephrectomy with renal vein tumor thrombectomy and reconstruction: UCSD experience
Patel D, Ghali F, Greear G, Holst D, Derweesh I. Techniques of robotic assisted partial nephrectomy with renal vein tumor thrombectomy and reconstruction: UCSD experience. Urology Video Journal 2022, 13: 100124. DOI: 10.1016/j.urolvj.2022.100124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPartial nephrectomyTumor thrombusRenal veinSegmental branchesImmediate post-operative complicationsPost-operative day twoT3 renal cell carcinomaPost-operative day threePost-operative complicationsTotal operative timeWarm ischemia timeMulti-institutional analysisMain renal veinRenal cell carcinomaRobotic partial nephrectomyInvasive partial nephrectomyBowel mobilizationPT3a diseaseSided tumorsFinal pathologyBlood lossRenal functionTumor thrombectomyThird patientOperative time
2020
Impact of positive surgical margins on survival after partial nephrectomy in localized kidney cancer: analysis of the National Cancer Database
Ryan S, Patel D, Ghali F, Patel S, Sarkar R, Yim K, Eldefrawy A, Cotta B, Bradshaw A, Meagher M, Hamilton Z, Murphy J, Derweesh I. Impact of positive surgical margins on survival after partial nephrectomy in localized kidney cancer: analysis of the National Cancer Database. Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2020, 73: 233-244. PMID: 32748614, DOI: 10.23736/s2724-6051.20.03728-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive surgical marginsKaplan-Meier analysisRenal cell carcinomaNational Cancer DatabaseOverall survivalPartial nephrectomyMultivariable analysisSurgical marginsPathological stageCancer DatabaseCox regression multivariable analysisN0M0 renal cell carcinomaUS National Cancer DatabaseImpact of PSMRegression multivariable analysisPT3a diseaseCause mortalityMargin statusNegative marginsResection strategyCell carcinomaAggressive surveillanceRetrospective analysisKidney cancerPatients
2019
Risk Factors for Upstaging, Recurrence, and Mortality in Clinical T1-2 Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Upstaged to pT3a Disease: An International Analysis Utilizing the 8th Edition of the Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging Criteria
Hamilton Z, Capitanio U, Pruthi D, Ghali F, Larcher A, Patel D, Eldefrawy A, Patel S, Cotta B, Bradshaw A, Meagher M, Miller N, Carenzi C, Wan F, Liss M, McGregor T, Montorsi F, Derweesh I. Risk Factors for Upstaging, Recurrence, and Mortality in Clinical T1-2 Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Upstaged to pT3a Disease: An International Analysis Utilizing the 8th Edition of the Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging Criteria. Urology 2019, 138: 60-68. PMID: 31836465, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.11.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrence-free survivalRisk of recurrenceRenal cell carcinomaKaplan-Meier analysisHigher clinical stageClinical stageOverall survivalMultivariable analysisPT3a upstagingRisk factorsTumor-NodeT3a renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinoma patientsRisk of upstagingCell carcinoma patientsMulticenter retrospective analysisPerinephric fat invasionInitial clinical stageRenal vein invasionType of surgeryPT3a diseaseCarcinoma patientsPrimary outcomeFat invasionRenal vein