http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-robot-assisted-kidney-cancer-surgery-benefits.html Cancer Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287161422 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have released study results that show national treatment trends in the surgical management of patients with kidney disease. The study found that partial and complete kidney removal (total nephrectomy) and energy-based techniques to destroy tumors are all on the rise. Surprisingly, the patients most in need of kidney-sparing surgery are still more likely to undergo total nephrectomy. The findings recently published online in BJU International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-kidney-surgery-underutilized-patients.html Surgery Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:21 EST news283437614 Urologists at Henry Ford Hospital have developed a new technique that could make minimally invasive robotic partial nephrectomy procedures the norm, rather than the exception for kidney cancer patients. The technique spares the kidney, eliminates long hospital stays and provides better outcomes by giving the surgeon more time to perform the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-technique-minimally-invasive-robotic-kidney.html Surgery Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:43:09 EST news274628582 Active surveillance of small kidney masses is a safe and effective alternative to immediate surgery, with similar overall and cancer specific survival rates, according to a study published in the November issue of the urology journal BJUI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-surveillance-viable-alternative-surgery-small.html Surgery Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:46:01 EST news269685954 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between patients who undergo total nephrectomy - complete kidney removal - and erectile dysfunction. Results from the multi-center study were recently published online in the British Journal of Urology International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-link-kidney-erectile-dysfunction.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:27:46 EST news262884458 Robot-assisted surgery has replaced another minimally invasive operation as the main procedure to treat kidney cancer while sparing part of the diseased organ, and with comparable results, according to a new research study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-robot-assisted-surgery-favored-treatment-kidney.html Cancer Tue, 15 May 2012 17:16:19 EST news256320968 Kidney cancer patients who had only their tumor removed had better survival than patients who had their entire kidney removed, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-kidney-cancer-patients.html Cancer Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:53:36 EST news253878810 Patients with small kidney tumors are more likely to be offered treatment options based on surgeons' case volume and type of practice than on tumor characteristics, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Fellowship-trained surgeons who practice in academic medical centers with high volumes of patients with kidney tumors were 70 to 80 percent more likely to follow American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines by recommending partial nephrectomy. Surgeons in private practice who see few patients with kidney tumors more often offered radical nephrectomy: removal of the entire kidney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mayo-clinic-surgeon-caseload-affect.html Cancer Sun, 15 May 2011 01:56:49 EST news224643379