A partial nephrectomy is accompanied by ischemia time, followed by reperfusion. This frequently leads to a kidney injury of the remained tissue and decrease of the renal function after surgery. As it was shown that Xenon has protective properties against ischemia/reperfusion injury, the investigators hypothesize that Xenon application during partial nephrectomy leads to a stronger nephroprotection than an anesthesia with Isoflurane.~The study will be conducted by two investigator types: The study enrollment and the post-anesthesia follow-up will be performed by Investigator I who is blinded to the study treatment. Investigator II will only perform general anesthesia for partial nephrectomy and will therefore necessarily be unblinded to the treatment conditions.~Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the following study groups. Group 1 (Xenon) will receive Xenon for maintenance of balanced anesthesia for partial nephrectomy. Group 2 (Isoflurane) will receive Isoflurane for the same surgery.
Purpose of this study is to determine whether Xenon - as compared to Isoflurane - shows a nephroprotection after partial nephrectomy.