Abstract
ABSTRACTObjectives:The clinical significance of positive surgical margin (PSM) after a Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between PSM and the risk of disease recurrence in patients with pT1 kidney tumors who underwent NSS.Materials and Methods:Retrospective cohort study. A total of 314 patients submitted to a NSS due to stage pT1 renal tumor between January 2010 and June 2015 were included. Recurrence-free survival was estimated. The Cox model was used to adjust the tumor size, histological grade, pathological stage, age, surgical margins and type of approach.Results:Overall PSM was 6.3% (n=22). Recurrence was evidenced in 9.1% (n=2) of patients with PSM and 3.5% (n=10) for the group of negative surgical margin (NSM). The estimated local recurrence-free survival rate at 3 years was 96.4% (95% CI 91.9 to 100) for the NSM group and 87.8% (95% CI 71.9 to 100) for PSM group (p=0.02) with no difference in metastasis-free survival. The PSM and pathological high grade (Fuhrman grade III or IV) were independent predictors of local recurrence in the multivariate analysis (HR 12.9, 95%CI 1.8-94, p=0.011 / HR 38.3, 95%CI 3.1-467, p=0.004 respectively). Fuhrman grade proved to be predictor of distant recurrence (HR 8.1, 95%CI 1.6-39.7, p=0.011).Conclusions:The PSM in pT1 renal tumors showed to have higher risk of local recurrence and thus, worse oncological prognosis.
Highlights
The increase in cross-sectional imaging studies in the last decades has made possible early detection of renal tumors
Clear cell carcinoma was the most common histologic type followed by chromophobe and papillary with no statistical difference in positive surgical margins (PSM) (6.1%, 11.1%, and 10% respectively, p=0.79)
As well as some authors [22, 28] we found that PSM was independently associated with local recurrence, but not directly linked with distant recurrence
Summary
The increase in cross-sectional imaging studies in the last decades has made possible early detection of renal tumors. These achievements have propelled the Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) as the gold standard in the treatment of Stage T1 renal tumors [1,2,3]. Such procedures do not imply in a significant increase in the postoperative morbidity with some discussions about the oncological results. While some authors suggest that Laparoscopic Partial ibju | PSM as predictor of recurrence in RCC
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