Assessing the impact of renal artery clamping during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) for small renal masses: the rationale and design of the CLamp vs Off Clamp Kidney during LPN (CLOCK II) randomised phase III trial

Affiliations

• ¹ Urology Department, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy.
• ² Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
• ³ Data Methods and System Statistical Laboratory, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Urology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Urology, Ospedale "Carlo Poma" Mantova, Mantova, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Urology, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, O.O. Riuniti BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Urology, San Bassiano Hospital, Bassano Del Grappa, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Unit of Urology, Spedali Civili Hospital, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.