(HealthDay)—Laparoscopic nephrectomy can be safely performed as outpatient surgery in select patients, according to a study published in the June issue of The Journal of Urology. Nessn H. Azawi, from ...

—Robotic and laparoscopic techniques showed advantages over open surgery, including fewer complications, shorter hospital stays, and lower mortality in people with renal cancer. Renal cell carcinoma ...

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Background. A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at a community hospital with a 2-month history of fatigue and right-sided flank and abdominal pain. Noncontrast CT of the abdomen ...

A phase II study of S-1 for the treatment of cytokine and/or tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Updated results. Background: Laparoscopic and robotic partial ...

Refinements in nephrectomy procedures have dramatically improved the safety of these procedures. Data from a prospective study of 140 patients with kidney cancer confirm that laparoscopic nephrectomy ...