1. Nephron-sparing surgery : history and evolution / Krishna Pillai Sasidharan -- 2. Surgical anatomy of kidney relevant to nephron-sparing surgery / Arun Chawla and Larry W. Belbeck -- 3. Pathology of renal cell carcinoma / Saleh Binsaleh. [et al.] -- 4. Imaging renal masses : current status / Vincent G. Bird -- 5. Hypothermia and renoprotective measures in nephron-sparing surgery / Ming-Kuen Lai -- 6. Open nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma / Bruce R. Kava -- 7. Minimally invasive approaches for renal cell carcinoma : an overview / Marshall S. Wingo and Raymond J. Leveillee -- 8. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy / Saleh Binsaleh and Anil Kapoor -- 9. Nephron-sparing surgery in non-mitotic conditions : an overview / Krishna Pillai Sasidharan and Kumaresan Natarajan -- 10. Evaluation of energy sources used in nephron-sparing surgery / Ashis Chawla, Arun Chawla, and Anil Kapoor -- 11. Controversies in nephron-sparing surgery / Kumaresan Natarajan and Krishna Pillai Sasidharan -- 12. Renal cell carcinoma : long-term outcome following nephron-sparing surgery / Murugesan Manoharan and Rajinikanth Ayyathurai -- 13. Future directions in nephron-sparing surgery / Alan M. Nieder and Mark S. Soloway.