Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for ...

Maximal renal preservation, particularly in patients with pre-existing renal dysfunction, is imperative to minimize the risk of significant renal insufficiency for patients undergoing partial ...

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 ...

Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for ...

The main advantages of single-site surgery are the reduced number of incisions needed, and the potential for reduced pain and reduced hospital stays Secondly, instruments that are currently used for ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to remove a patient's entire kidney requires slightly longer operating times and results in increased costs compared with the use of traditional laparoscopic ...

Experts recently developed 23 consensus practice points/statements regarding the use of nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Regardless of when it was performed in ...

Minimally invasive surgery linked to lower major complication risk, reduced length of stay, decreased transfusion rate.

Kidney cancer is one of the few malignancies in which surgical resection of the primary disease, or cytoreductive nephrectomy, has held tremendous importance. Historically, systemic therapy was ...