1. A partial nephrectomy can be performed through an robotic approach. 2. A partial nephrectomy is performed with a patient under general anesthesia as well. 3. Czerny first described a partial nephrectomy in 1890. 4. Partial nephrectomy is often an alternative to complete or radical nephrectomy for renal cell cancer.5. Patients who undergo partial nephrectomy experience complications around 15-25 % of the time. 6. Small renal tumors ( < 4 cm ) are treated increasingly by partial nephrectomy when possible. 7. partial nephrectomy ( also referred to as " nephron sparing surgery " ) can be performed.8. The aggressive cancer caused Daw to undergo surgery on December 29, 2014 having a Partial nephrectomy . 9. Such alternatives include renal embolization for those who are poor candidates for surgery, or partial nephrectomy if possible. 10. Larger and more complex tumors can also be treated with partial nephrectomy by surgeons with a lot of kidney surgery experience.