Nephrectomy

Studies from Henry Ford Hospital provide new data on nephrectomy

Published in Gastroenterology Week, January 19th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Bju International, "To report our experience and describe our technique of robotic nephrectomy. We retrospectively evaluated 42 patients who underwent robotic nephrectomy at our institution from January 2004 to March 2008."

"Variables assessed included patient age, body mass index, operative duration, estimated blood loss (EBL), complications, hospital stay, analgesia requirements and specimen pathology. Radical nephrectomy (RN) was performed for suspected malignant disease and simple nephrectomy (SN) was performed for benign disease. In all, 42 patients with a mean (range) age of 59.4 (17-38) years, underwent...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2009-01-19)

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