Randomized trials to determine the ideal management of the renal artery during partial nephrectomy: Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Finally, we should not forget that the short ischemia intervals (<20 min) scored by the cohorts who underwent global ischemia in the setting of the aforementioned trials might have prevented the investigators from identifying the functional benefit of the minimized ischemia techniques. Abbreviations & Acronyms eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate PN partial nephrectomy RPN robotic partial nephrectomy Clamping of the renal artery has historically been included as an unmissable step during minimally invasive PN. [Extracted from the article]