(HealthDay)—Laparoscopic nephrectomy can be safely performed as outpatient surgery in select patients, according to a study published in the June issue of The Journal of Urology. Nessn H. Azawi, from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to remove a patient's entire kidney requires slightly longer operating times ...

December 11, 2014 - Hospitals with robotic surgical systems are more likely to perform "nephron-sparing" partial nephrectomy--a recommended alternative to removal of the entire kidney--in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Between 2009 and 2014 in Queensland, Australia, one in three patients whose kidney cancer was managed with ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of end-stage renal failure, characterised by progressive cyst formation that distorts renal architecture and ...

In patients with clinical stage 1 (cT1) renal masses, many physicians opt for nephron-sparing surgery, such as partial nephrectomy (PN) versus radical nephrectomy (RN). Both procedures have been shown ...

Increased detection of the small renal mass over the last two decades has led to greater utilization of partial nephrectomy techniques. Appreciation of the negative impact of chronic renal impairment ...

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 ...

Another trial, Immediate Surgery or Surgery After Sunitinib Malate in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer (SURTIME), has compared upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy prior to targeted ...

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) ...

Pleotrophic action of renal cell carcinoma: Dysregulated microRNAs on hypoxia-related signaling pathways. Background: Partial nephrectomy in upper pole kidney tumors represents a distinct surgical ...

Shaunak Sen, the Oscar-nominated director of All That Breathes, was diagnosed with cancer last year, but he recently revealed that he is now cancer-free. The previous year, Sen was diagnosed with a ...