The widespread use of standard laparoscopic procedures has been constrained by the technical difficulties presented by patients with PKD who have massively enlarged and cystic kidneys.

Most guidelines still treat indeterminate (Rx) surgical margins after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as equivalent to negative (R0) margins, but it is not.

Stage 2 clear cell renal cell carcinoma is typically curable, especially when detected early. Surgery remains the cornerstone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lower rates of adverse outcomes were linked to higher technical skill Surgeons with higher scores had lower ...

Dr. Hyung L. Kim discusses how the addition of cytoreductive nephrectomy to ICI therapy may affect survival and quality of life those with kidney cancer. A cytoreductive nephrectomy is a surgery which ...

The researchers found that preoperative hypertension, dialysis, and steroid use were most common. HealthDay News – Major complications occur in 7.0% of patients undergoing nephrectomy with a diagnosis ...

Telesurgery was as reliable as standard robotic surgery for two common urological procedures, according to a small Chinese ...

Loss of functional kidney tissue after nephrectomy for kidney cancer contributes to the onset of chronic kidney disease (CKD).