Reasons for removal of a kidney are the presence of cancer, recurrent kidney infections, severe stone disease or long term obstruction of the kidney that causes intractable pain or loss of function.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic partial nephrectomy appeared associated with predominantly superior outcomes compared with open or ...

Renal transplantation is the best long-term treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease. Unfortunately, there is a large disparity between the number of patients waiting for a kidney ...

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 ...

Living kidney donation surgery might seem intimidating, but most donors find that the surgery is easier to handle than they expected. If your surgery is approved, our transplant team will work closely ...

Pleotrophic action of renal cell carcinoma: Dysregulated microRNAs on hypoxia-related signaling pathways. Background: Partial nephrectomy in upper pole kidney tumors represents a distinct surgical ...

Live donor kidney transplantation was first applied as a clinical strategy in pediatric transplantation because of the disparate wait by children compared with adults for cadaveric donor kidneys. As ...

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 ...

Experts recently developed 23 consensus practice points/statements regarding the use of nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Regardless of when it was performed in ...