Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic partial nephrectomy appeared associated with predominantly superior outcomes compared with open or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two studies compare certain outcomes of robotic-assisted vs. laparoscopic surgery for kidney removal or rectal cancer. Two studies published by JAMA compare certain outcomes of robotic-assisted vs ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 15, 2011)––New techniques in science and technology allow the medical community to continually improve patient care and experience, but as these new procedures are introduced, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Live donor kidney transplantation was first applied as a clinical strategy in pediatric transplantation because of the disparate wait by children compared with adults for cadaveric donor kidneys. As ...

Two studies published by JAMA compare certain outcomes of robotic-assisted vs laparoscopic surgery for kidney removal or rectal cancer. In one study, In Gab Jeong, M.D., Ph.D., of the Stanford ...