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nephrectomy

[nə′frek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of a kidney.
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As indicated by Sprenkle, monitoring the NGAL increase in serum may be less misleading because the increase in the production in ischemic kidney in partial nephrectomies of healthy patients with two functional kidneys might be diluted if the opposite kidney produces a high volume of urine (13).
Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin Significantly Correlates with Ischemic Damage in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Perioperative outcomes of 6042 nephrectomies in 2012: surgeon-reported results in the UK from the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) nephrectomy database.
Five year review of open radical nephrectomies at a regional hospital in South Africa: room for improvement
Experience with 750 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies: is time to use standardized classification of complications?
Laparoscopic living donor left nephrectomy/LAPAROSKOPSKA LEVOSTRANA DONORSKA NEFREKTOMIJA
For their study, the research team analyzed retrospective data on all nephrectomies from all payers from seven states (Arizona,Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Washington) to extract data on 21,569 kidney cancer surgeries.
Study: Early Adoption of Robotic Surgery Leads to Organ Preservation for Kidney Cancer Patients
Posselt et al., "More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery," Archives of Surgery, vol.
Systemic heparinisation in laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy
UCLA experience with 511 radical nephrectomies. Journal of Urology February, 163(2), 437-441
Renal cell carcinoma: a reappraisal
More radical nephrectomies were performed transperitoneally in each BMI-stratified group (p=0.019, p=0.002 and p=0.054, respectively) and in the entire study cohort.
Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy has better perioperative outcomes than transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy in obese patients: Retroperitoneoskopik nefrektomi obez hastalarda transperitoneal laparoskopik nefrektomiden daha iyi perioperatif sonuclara sahiptir
Schweitzer and colleagues reported that the availability of laparoscopic donor nephrectomies was independently associated with a 1.9 relative risk of receiving a live donor transplant (Ann.
Laparoscopy Is Big Hit With Living Kidney Donors
Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy is the gold standard for performing live donor nephrectomies, however, there is no consensus as to the best variation of the technique.
Re: Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-institution Experience of Over 500 Cases-operative Technique and Clinical Outcomes
Comparative series have demonstrated that partial nephrectomies are non-inferior to radical nephrectomies with respect to oncological results and provide additional benefits to the patient.
Case--Laparoscopic transperitoneal partial nephrectomy of T3a renal cell carcinoma within a horseshoe kidney
Objective: To assess the frequency of simple nephrectomies for benign diseases and compare it with the frequency of nephrectomies for malignant diseases.
Are we performing a lot of simple nephrectomies?
After institutional approval, data from 100 consecutive related living donor (RLD) nephrectomies performed over a 33-month period between September 2008 and June 2011, were retrospectively collected and analysed.
Kidney transplant outcomes following the introduction of hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: a comparison of recipient groups

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