Use of robotic surgery for managing small renal masses (SRMs) has increased while use of laparoscopic and open surgery has decreased over the last five years, according to a recent practice survey (J Kidney Cancer VHL 2017;4[3]:10-19, PMID: 28752023).
To evaluate how practitioner and clinical practice characteristics may be associated with the management of SRMs over time, investigators led by Anand Mohapatra, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, surveyed members of the