(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 ...

Reasons for removal of a kidney are the presence of cancer, recurrent kidney infections, severe stone disease or long term obstruction of the kidney that causes intractable pain or loss of function.

Background. A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at a community hospital with a 2-month history of fatigue and right-sided flank and abdominal pain. Noncontrast CT of the abdomen ...

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 ...

Kidneys from live donors are considered more likely to be successful in treating endstage renal disease than those from cadaver donors. The standard technique for retrieving kidneys from live donors ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Current evidence on laparoscopic partial nephrectomy suggests that it is safe and efficacious when undertaken by surgeons with special expertise in this technique. Surgeons undertaking laparoscopic ...

A phase II study of S-1 for the treatment of cytokine and/or tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Updated results. Background: Laparoscopic and robotic partial ...

Refinements in nephrectomy procedures have dramatically improved the safety of these procedures. Data from a prospective study of 140 patients with kidney cancer confirm that laparoscopic nephrectomy ...