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 ...

a Mean creatinine after 10 years of follow-up. b Median creatinine after median 24 months of follow-up. NR, not reported. Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for renal cell carcinoma has the advantage of ...

With the widespread use of abdominal imaging, there has been a substantial increase in the detection of incidental, small renal masses. This change has resulted in a downward trend in the size and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In patients with clinical stage 1 (cT1) renal masses, many physicians opt for nephron-sparing surgery, such as partial nephrectomy (PN) versus radical nephrectomy (RN). Both procedures have been shown ...

When current literature is reviewed, it is found that factors that in uence renal function after partial nephrectomy, are multifactorial. Those are divided into pre-surgical factors, such as ...

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 . Lower rates of adverse outcomes were linked to higher technical skill Surgeons with higher scores had lower ...