Limited Surgery Better for Small Kidney TumorsMedPage TodayThis retrospective study of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data suggests that for patients with early-stage (clinical stage T1a) kidney cancer, treatment with partial nephre…
Army Wives Review: Here We Go AgainTV FanaticThe question about who got the third star was answered, transplant surgery was started and Marcus was lightly let into the Burton family. Let's get going! No matter how you try to wrap up a broken gift, …
Partial nephrectomy found underused in poorer, sicker patientsModernMedicineDespite its well-established advantages over radical surgery, partial nephrectomy is not as likely to be used for older, sicker, and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely o…
Findings May Improve Mortality Predictions for RCC PatientsRenal and Urology NewsATLANTA—New findings may better enable clinicians to predict cancer-specific and other-cause mortality among patients who have undergone nephrectomy for renal cell carci…
Survival Better with Partial NephrectomyRenal and Urology NewsATLANTA—Partial nephrectomy (PN) is associated with better overall survival compared with radical nephrectomy (RN) for patients with early-stage kidney cancer, researchers reported at the …
AKI Soon After Nephrectomy Rare, Study FindsRenal and Urology NewsUsing the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) patient data from 2005 to 2009, Brian Le, MD, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School …
Adrenalectomy Plus Nephrectomy Linked to Reduced SurvivalMedscapeMay 19, 2012 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Overall survival is lower in patients with renal cell carcinoma who underwent radical nephrectomy with concurrent ipsilateral adrenalectomy than in pat…
Women fare better than men after kidney cancer surgeryJerusalem Post“While the effects of gender on the outcome of many types of surgery, including removal of the bladder, have been demonstrated and widely debated, the association between gender and …
Turkey's Fourth Face Transplant Patient Wakes upJournal of Turkish WeeklyDr. Murat Yilmaz told AA on Thursday that Turan Colak, who underwent a successful face transplant surgery at Akdeniz University two days ago, woke up yesterday, adding that hi…
Henry Ford Hospital Researchers Conduct Study on Robot-Assisted Surgical …AZoRoboticsFollowing its introduction since 2004, robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPD) was analyzed to have less complication when compared to laparoscopic partial nephrec…