Renal Hypothermia During Partial Nephrectomy

"Within 10 seconds of clamping the renal vessels, the kidney will be encased with saline ice slush for a period of 10 minutes. The slush will be created from sterile saline using an operating room slush machine. The slush is applied by the surgeon and lightly packed around the kidney to ensure complete coverage with at least a 2 cm layer. Slush removal is performed by the surgeon beginning at the 10 minute mark. Enough slush is removed to uncover the tumour area. Surgical incision of the kidney begins as soon as the tumour area is uncovered.~When reconstruction of the kidney is complete, the slush is completely removed from the surgical field and the clamps are removed from the renal vein and artery."