Conclusions
APF is a challenge for kidney surgeons. Difficult perirenal fat
dissection prolongs surgical duration and can lead to complications.
Predicting APF pre-operatively helps in choosing which patients qualify
for minimally invasive surgery. Perirenal fat thickness measured via
pre-operative CT can predict APF. There is a positive correlation
between perirenal fat thickness and perirenal fat dissection complexity.
Acknowledgments: This study did not received any funding. Authors have
nothing to declare.
Disclosure of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.