Robotics
28 October 2026
Small Kidney Mass (Under 4 cm): Surveillance, Ablation, or Partial Nephrectomy?
The widespread adoption of cross-sectional abdominal imaging has made the incidental detection of a small renal mass (SRM)—defined as a solid or complex cystic enhancing renal lesion measuring 4cm (clinical stage cT1a)—one of the most common encounters in contemporary urology. Most of these lesions cause no symptoms, such as flank pain or hematuria, and are […]