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 ...

Kidney removal surgery, a nephrectomy, can cause pain. While most discomfort fades in weeks, some patients experience chronic ...

A Garland, Utah man was preparing to donate a kidney to his uncle when a routine exam revealed an unexpected twist—he needed kidney surgery himself. Justin Shelton's surgeon, Dr. Richard Matern, is ...

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 ...

Patients who undergo single-port robotic prostate or kidney surgery tend to have less blood loss and postoperative pain and shorter hospital stays compared with patients undergoing multi-port robotic ...

A Minnesota woman in her 80s is now living with stage 5 kidney disease after a surgeon allegedly removed her kidney during what was supposed to be a routine spleen removal procedure, according to a ...

A Twin Cities woman is suing over an alleged medical mistake that she says cost her a healthy left kidney. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Wendy Rappaport of Plymouth accuses the surgeon and the Allina ...