Objective: Partial nephrectomy (PN) is replacing radical surgery as a gold standard in the treatment of small renal masses. Intra-operative frozen consultation for margin status is aimed at achieving a disease free state in order to reduce chances of recurrence. Method: A retrospective clinicopathologic analysis of consecutive PNs performed at our institute from 2004 to 2011 was undertaken. Results: Sixty cases of PN were analysed. Male to female ratio was 1.8:1. Median age was 51 years. Six cases were benign: oncocytomas (3), angiomyolipoma (3); while 54 cases were malignant: renal cell carcinoma (RCC) -conventional (43), papillary (8), chromophobe (1), mucinous tubular spindle cell carcinoma (1) and one case of primitive neuroectodermal tumour. In 4 patients, the renal tumour was a second malignancy. Median tumour size was 3.5 cm with 42 cases of stage pT1. Intra-operative margin was positive in 16 cases. Mean margin for all cases was 2.3 mm. Median follow-up was of 24 months. None of the tumours recurred or metastasized during follow-up. Conclusion: Conventional RCC is the commonest histology in PN cases. Frozen section analysis has a definite role in achieving margin free status. PN is not associated with increased risk of local recurrence in small renal tumours.