The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England, Wales and Scotland.

Partial nephrectomy has become the standard of care for small renal masses, with minimally-invasive techniques such as laparoscopic, robotic-assisted and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) ...

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 ...

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 ...

A TURBT allows examination beyond the bladder. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and percutaneous cryoablation for cT1 renal tumors are associated with similar 5-year rates of metastasis-free and ...

Small renal tumors are generally managed by partial nephrectomy; however, positive surgical margins are occasionally found on final pathologic examination. Growing evidence suggests that the presence ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

Percutaneous cryoablation for cT1b renal tumors is associated with a higher rate of local disease recurrence compared with partial nephrectomy, new data suggest. Percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) offers ...

Microbubble ultrasound compared to dynamic contrast MRI and CT for the assessment of vascular response to sunitinib in renal cell carcinoma. Background: Data are scarce on literature describing ...

PN and RFA offer similar survival for cT1a RCC tumors ≤2 cm, but PN is superior for larger tumors. RFA may be considered for elderly patients with comorbidities, especially for tumors ≤2 cm. PN ...

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, ...