Patient selection
This prospective study included patients that were scheduled for partial
nephrectomy or donor nephrectomy between October 2016-June 2017.
Patients with a history of renal interventions and recurrent urinary
tract infection, and those without CT images were excluded from the
study. After exclusion of 6 patients, the remaining 62 adults were
included, of which 22 underwent partial nephrectomy and 40 underwent
donor nephrectomy. Type of surgical approach was chosen according to
surgeons preference and experience. The study was carried out with 3
arms; clinical phase; radiological measurement; histopathological
examination. The researchers in each arm were blinded to each other’s
data. The study protocol was approved by our institutional ethics
committee (IRB No:GO16/669-26). All the patients provided written
informed consent before undergoing surgical intervention.