Table 3.

Selected published series including patients who underwent open NSS or RN for renal masses due to their tumor size (table modified from [14]).

Author	Reference	Year	N		Local recurrence (%)		5-year dfs (mos)
			Tumor size <4 cm in size*
Hafez et al.	[26]	1999	310		0.6		96
Lee et al.	[27]	2000	79		0		100
McKiernan et al.	[24]	2002	117		1.2		100
Patard et al.	[18]	2004	314		0.8		98
			Tumor size >4 cm in size**
Hafez et al.	[26]	1999	175		0.8		86
Patard et al.	[18]	2004	65		3.6		94
Leibovich et al.	[28]	2004	91		5.4		98
Becker et al.	[29]	2006	69		5.8		100
Selected series comparing outcomes of patients underwent NSS or RN for renal masses*
			RN	NSS	RN	NSS	RN	NSS
Patard et al.	[18]	2004	1075	379	99	99	97	98
Lee et al.	[27]	2000	183	79	100	100	96	96
Leibovich et al.	[28]	2004	841	91	98	95	86	98
McKiernan et al.	[24]	2002	173	117	99	96	100	100

*Median follow-up is >25 months for all studies.

**Median follow-up is >47 months for all studies.

N: Number of patients, dfs: disease-free survival, FU: Follow-up, mos: months.