With surgical techniques applicable to many stages of kidney cancer, it is important for patients to discuss these options with their cancer team to select the best approach for their disease. With ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will get a transplant each year; however, 90,000 people are still on the waitlist. Now, a ...

Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same time as their transplant surgery. That is the finding ...

A 52-year-old man had a radical right colectomy for a sarcoma of the cecal wall (high grade of malignancy, 10 cells/field). On a postoperative computerized tomography (CT) scan 2 months later, a 3-cm ...

Robotic surgery compared favorably with standard surgery in a review and analysis of data from 1,375 patients who underwent surgery to remove cancer from the kidney and inferior vena cava. The ...

Unlike many other cancers, kidney cancer often presents with no early warning signs. It typically grows silently, and is frequently discovered incidentally during imaging for unrelated conditions.

Intuitive Surgical ($ISRG) touted a study in Health Affairs which found that its da Vinci surgical robot enables more minimally invasive partial nephrectomies to ...

Kolkata: Doctors at Narayana Health have performed a robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy using da Vinci technology on a 53-year-old woman. The hospital states that this is the first such ...

Blanchardville, Wis. - A new study reports high levels of patient satisfaction with a minimally invasive approach to creating vascular access for kidney patients who require hemodialysis. In addition, ...

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 ...