A decade of surgically removed small renal masses in the Netherlands: characteristics and trends in type of surgery and pathologic reporting

Purpose: To assess nationwide the pathologic characteristics and trends in type of surgery and pathologic reporting in surgically managed renal tumors =4cm. Materials and Methods: A review of all pathologic reports of primary small renal masses operated on in the Netherlands during the period 1995 to 2005 was performed. The data source was a nationwide central archive of histocytopathology (Patologisch Anatomisch Landelijk Geautomatiseerde Archief). Tumors were stratified into three groups: =2, 2.1 to 3.0, and 3.1 to 4.0cm. Age, sex, type of operation, and tumor pathology were analyzed. For re... Mehr ...