Renal and cardiovascular morbidity after partial or radical nephrectomy

To clarify the benefits of nephron‐sparing surgery among patients with early‐stage kidney cancer, the authors compared the frequency of renal and cardiovascular morbidity after partial or radical nephrectomy.

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