When your oncology team talks about kidney cancer surgery, they often use the medical term "nephrectomy." During this procedure, the surgeon removes part or all of the affected kidney. Preparing for a ...

Every living-donor kidney transplant involves two patients: one whose life depends on receiving a healthy organ, and another ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, felt no ...

A propensity score-matched study of 365 patients found needle-perc-assisted kidney stone surgery yielded numerically higher ...

Delhi surgeon performs robotic kidney surgery remotely in Andhra Pradesh: Our Bureau, Mumbai Saturday, October 31, 2026, 14:30 Hrs [IST] A surgeon at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute ...

A two-center retrospective study of 211 patients found that a dual-sheath approach in minimally invasive percutaneous ...

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It’s better for the patient if urologists ...

Surgery is the main treatment for localized (confined to the kidney) kidney cancer. It is also an important option for other stages of kidney cancer. Most people with kidney cancer begin treatment by ...