Living kidney donation surgery might seem intimidating, but most donors find that the surgery is easier to handle than they expected. If your surgery is approved, our transplant team will work closely ...

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 ...

Banner University Medicine Tucson has reached a milestone by completing its first robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy.

More than 90,000 people are on the kidney waiting list in the United States. Living donors supply about a third of all donated kidneys. This lifesaving choice can be made on behalf of a known person, ...

An expert explains the different types of kidney cancer surgeries, and what patients can expect to experience after the procedure. There are multiple types of kidney cancer surgery nowadays, from ...

Miniaturized percutaneous techniques, flexible ureteroscopy, and outpatient protocols have shortened hospital stays and improved recovery, reshaping quality-of-life outcomes for patients.

Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...

UNION COUNTY, Pa. — Three years ago, on World Kidney Day, former Newswatch 16 reporter Allen Vickers found out he was in kidney failure. Fast-forward to today and Allen is on a Zoom call with his ...

An allocation memorandum may have contributed to lower rates of kidney recovery, transplants and out-of-sequence allocations by organ procurement organizations, according to study data.Organ ...

A large national study in Denmark following nearly 1,900 patients over almost a decade found that a minimally invasive ...