3-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME RENDERED COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY FOR PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND INTRAOPERATIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY

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Conclusions The 3-D volume rendering CT accurately depicts the renal parenchymal and vascular anatomy in a format familiar to most surgeons. The data integrate essential information from angiography, venography, excretory urography and conventional 2-D CT into a single imaging modality, and can obviate the need for more invasive imaging. Additionally, the use of videotape in an intraoperative setting provides concise, accurate and immediate 3-D information to the surgeon, and it has become the preferred means of data display for these procedures at our center.