Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

Robotic and minimally invasive kidney cancer surgery may reduce pain, shorten recovery time and preserve kidney function, according to Dr. Armine Smith. Robotic and minimally invasive surgery for ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Removing a kidney through a small incision inside the navel reduces the pain, scarring and recovery time that may discourage some donors, the surgeon who pioneered the technique ...

Nephron-sparing surgery may not reduce the risk for later kidney failure in patients with kidney cancer and stage 4 CKD. Despite the promise of nephron-sparing, new study findings suggest that the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received glucarpidase for acute kidney injury from methotrexate treatment had improved kidney ...

An FDA-approved medication called glucarpidase could serve as an antidote to kidney toxicity in patients receiving the chemotherapy drug methotrexate (MTX), according to a new study. Using data from ...