La chirurgia conservativa renale nell'anziano: Kidney preserving surgery in the elderly

Conservative renal surgery has recently been extended to elderly patients who have decreased renal function and reduced survival rates in the case of dialytic treatment. Furthermore, age is no longer a limiting factor despite the increased anethesiological risk. Fifteen cases of renal neoplasm in patients over 70, who had undergone conservative surgery, were reviewed: 14 are alive and disease-free after 14-135 months and 1 died from unrelated causes. It is concluded that conservative renal surgery has a role even in the elderly.