Although longer warm ischemia time during PN was associated with less estimated blood loss, it was also associated with a significant decrease in kidney function, possibly reflecting acute kidney ...

WIT measures the time the organ remains at body temperature after its blood supply has been cut off. The “safe” duration of warm ischemia during partial nephrectomy remains controversial. Examining ...

In the treatment of small renal masses, robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has a superior morbidity profile compared with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), according to an updated meta-analysis ...

Association of chronic co-morbidities with long term survival with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. This abstract ...

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 ...

January 10, 2008 — Most patients found to have a small kidney tumor, between 2 and 4 cm in size, have the whole kidney removed. However, new findings suggest that for younger patients a partial ...

Kidney cancer happens when cells in the kidney begin to grow and divide out of control. It ranks in the top 10 types of cancer that affect both men and women in the United States, according to the ...

An international study examined outcomes between a single-port (SP) versus a multi-port (MP) approach to RAPN, with a focus on elderly patients. Despite similar demographics among patients ≤64 years ...