1. Which doctor should I consult for undergoing nephrectomy? You should consult a surgeon such as an Urologist. 2. Why should I have a kidney removed? You might have your kidney removed if it is ...

New results suggests that conservative surgery is not inferior to radical renal surgery or nephrectomy. The latest results from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) ...

The latest results from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 30904 study were presented in a plenary session today at the Anniversary EAU Congress, which showed that ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to remove a patient's entire kidney requires slightly longer operating times and results in increased costs compared with the use of traditional laparoscopic ...

Minimally invasive surgery linked to lower major complication risk, reduced length of stay, decreased transfusion rate.

Kidney removal surgery, a nephrectomy, can cause pain. While most discomfort fades in weeks, some patients experience chronic pain. Understanding different pain types like flank, back, and nerve pain ...

Background A 32-year-old primiparous woman presented with a painful left-sided giant hydronephrotic kidney secondary to pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO). Investigations Renal ultrasonography ...

In patients with renal cell carcinoma, a phase 2 trial tested neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative radiation therapy to the inferior vena cava tumor thrombus before radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy.

Between 2009 and 2014 in Queensland, Australia, one in three patients whose kidney cancer was managed with radical nephrectomy developed ESKD, while one in 100 patients managed with partial ...

Laparoendoscopy using one working port is a rapidly developing branch of minimal invasive techniques in surgery, but experience with laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery is still small [1-4].

Cardiac transplant status is not significantly associated with adverse in-hospital outcomes in patients with kidney cancer ...