April 22, 2010 (Landover, Maryland) — Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy appears to be the most cost-effective procedure and yields the most favorable patient outcomes, according to new data ...

The advantages of a minimally invasive nephrectomy are a faster recovery and better quality of life for the donors. Until recently, the majority of donor nephrectomies in Poland were done by open ...

A new technique that lets surgeons remove cancerous kidneys through a small incision with the help of their hands and special cameras and instruments gets patients out of the operating room faster ...

Background A 63-year-old man underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for a 4.5 cm right renal mass, pathologically confirmed as type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Two years ...

Whether the right or left kidney is preferable in living-donor nephrectomy is the subject of much debate. In view of evidence that prolonged pneumoperitoneum during the procedure adversely affects ...

A study detailed “the hilum first technique,” specifically designed for nephrectomy in patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD).

Indications for nephrectomy (including nephroureterectomy) include renal cell or urethral cancer and benign conditions that lead to a poorly functioning or non-functioning kidney. These benign ...

Background Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) is the actual gold-standard for the treatment of clinically localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (cT1–2 with no indications for nephron-sparing ...

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