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.