Surgical removal of part or whole of kidney; usually done to prevent cancer spread. Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery, bandaid surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern ...

In a sterile giant hydronephrosis, the options include observation, nephrectomy and, occasionally, internal ureteric stent or nephrostomy for patients unfit for surgery. Nephrectomy is advised for ...

Also, many people undergo partial nephrectomy – a surgery in which a part of your kidney is removed, and reconstructed.

Thus, laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was feasible and was achieved without hemorrhagic or wound healing complications. One month after surgery, she had evidence of disease progression in the ...

All patients reporting pain underwent either donor nephrectomy or radical nephrectomy. These men were a mean 10 years younger, had an increased intraoperative urine output, and were less likely to ...

Total tumor burden reductions of 10% or more achieved with presurgical systemic therapy significantly decrease mortality risk following cytoreductive nephrectomy. Findings from separate studies ...

A POSTECH research team have crafted a material aimed at swiftly staunching kidney bleeding and facilitating wound recovery.

Demographic and clinical data from the study group (n = 124) are presented in Table 1. Median patient age was 58 years, and median age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index was 1. Table 2 ...

Positive surgical margins after partial nephrectomy for RCC independently predict a higher risk for cancer recurrence. Positive surgical margins (PSMs) following partial nephrectomy for renal cell ...

1-6 Furthermore, although the phase 3 Sunitinib as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients at High Risk of Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma Following Nephrectomy (S-TRAC) trial showed a significant ...