Association of Volatile Versus Intravenous Anesthesia With Prognosis After Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma.

We found no significant association between volatile anesthesia and poor outcomes after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Volatile anesthetic-promoted metastatic potentiation of renal cell carcinoma, shown in a preclinical study, does not seem to be translated in the clinical setting.