Kidney cancer is among the most lethal of urologic malignancies. The rising incidence of kidney cancer is attributable to greater detection of incidental small renal masses (≤4 cm) from increased use ...

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 ...

Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) led to a lower rate of complications compared with open partial nephrectomy (OPN) in patients with intermediate- or high-complexity kidney tumors, the ...

FDA clears Medtronic robot for urologic surgeries, enabling use in prostatectomy, nephrectomy and cystectomy across select U.S. hospitals.

Robotic nephrectomy is a feasible, safe and oncologically effective surgical treatment for clinically localized RCC. However, current literature does not provide any advantage for RRN if compared to ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Maria Arce has firsthand experience with kidney disease. Having witnessed her sister and other relatives battle the disease, she knew that her own struggle with it would come ...

Conventional absolute indications for PN include bilateral tumors, renal insufficiency, or a solitary functional kidney. 11 Indications for NSS have evolved to encompass the majority of tumors <4 cm ...