The widespread use of standard laparoscopic procedures has been constrained by the technical difficulties presented by patients with PKD who have massively enlarged and cystic kidneys.
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 ...
A surgical team at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has pushed the boundaries of clinical care by performing the first-ever robotic, minimally-invasive surgical removal of ...
A surgeon at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town has performed a first in South Africa. Urologist Dr Danelo du Plessis successfully performed a donor nephrectomy — a surgical procedure to remove a kidney ...