Do We Need to Clamp the Renal Hilum Liberally during the Initial Phase of the Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted Nephron-Sparing Surgery?

Figure 1

Coronal MR image of a 51-year-old male patient who has presented due to an incidentally diagnosed left renal mass. Tumor was measuring 2 cm in its greatest dimension and R.E.N.A.L. score was 8. He was managed by off-clamp RANSS. Eventual histopathologic diagnosis was Fuhrman grade 3, pT1a, and papillary RCC.