The Management of Small Renal Masses

1. Renal Anatomy.- 2. Introduction to Renal Tumours and Prognostic Indicators.- 3. Diagnostic Modalities.- 4. Role of Renal Biopsy.- 5. Surveillance.- 6. Image Guided Radiofrequency Ablation.- 7. Cryosurgery (Laparoscopic/Percutaneous).- 8. Open Partial Nephrectomy.- 9. Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.- 10. Robot Assisted Partial Nephrectomy.- 11. Other Minimally Invasive Approaches.- 12. Training and Simulation in Management of Small Renal Masses.- 13. Future of Small Renal Mass Management.- 14. Challenging Situations in Partial Nephrectomy.

Kamran Ahmad, MBBS, FRCS (Urol), PhD; NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London; Specialist Registrar in Urology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

Nicholas Raison, MBBS, BSc(hons), MRCS, FHEA, Vattikuti PhD Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Transplantation, Guys Hospital, London, UK and The London Clinic, London, UK.

Ben Challacombe BSc(hons), MS, FRCS(Urol), Consultant Urological Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. His areas of interest are benign and malignant prostate disease and minimally invasive surgery for the upper urological tract. Ben is the highest volume surgeon for robotic partial nephrectomy in the UK and also specialises in robotic radical prostatectomy, and robotic surgery for nephro-ureterectomy, pyeloplasty, adrenalectomy and nephrectomy, and Holmium laser prostatectomy (HoLEP). He runs the robotic fellowship programme and teaches robotics and HoLEP at the British and EuropeanAnnual Urology meetings. Ben is also involved in the academic and research programmes within the department. He is involved with both undergraduate and postgraduate urological teaching and is the Guy's and St Thomas' surgical tutor for junior surgeons.



Professor Alexandre Mottrie is a Urologist in the O.L.V. Hospital in Aalst, Belgium. His major urological interests are urological oncology and minimal invasive surgery. He is a pioneer in robotic surgery and started this type of surgery in 2001. He developed different types of robotic surgery. At his department, he developed laparoscopic and robotic surgery to become training center in this field. With over 4000 robotic procedures, he has one of the largest experiences in the robotic field. In 2010, Dr. Mottrie founded the ORSI Academy, a multidisciplinary school of robotic surgery. 

Prof. Dr. Mottrie is scientifically very involved. He has authored multiple scientific papers and organised

"I enjoyed reading this book and was surprised at how much practically useful information was contained within such a slim volume. ... This book achieves a very good balance between providing good depth of information in a broad overview of the subject without becoming unwieldy and too sub-specialised for the general urologist or trainee." (Jay Khastgir, urologynews, urologynews.uk.com, January, 1, 2019)