The management of giant hydronephrosis depends on the presence or absence of sepsis, and on residual renal function in the obstructed kidney and the contra-lateral renal unit. Sepsis warrants urgent ...

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

A Canadian study recently assessed 709 patients with intermediate- and high-risk synchronous mRCC with or without sarcomatoid features. Most patients had clear cell histology and were treated with ...

Whether cryosurgery or cryoablation will prove a viable alternative to lumpectomy — the standard of In a study, the Selection for Cytoreductive Nephrectomy (SCREEN) score demonstrated superiority in ...

For patients with stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the use of thermal ablation has been increasing, while the use of radical nephrectomy has been declining.

In a cohort of patients with recurrent hereditary kidney cancer, additional partial nephrectomy procedures were associated with further kidney function decline and an increase in complications. For ...

Cardiac transplant status is not significantly associated with adverse in-hospital outcomes in patients with kidney cancer ...

The researchers found that preoperative hypertension, dialysis, and steroid use were most common. HealthDay News – Major complications occur in 7.0% of patients undergoing nephrectomy with a diagnosis ...