04 Apr 2009 06:00 AM
New Surgical Options For Fighting Kidney And Prostate Cancer
Cancerous tumors on the kidney once meant surgery to remove the kidney. Now, doctors at Tulane University are performing cutting-edge treatments designed to preserve as much of a patient's healthy kidney tissue as possible.
Robotic partial nephrectomy is a procedure in which the surgeon utilizes a surgical robot to remove diseased tissue from the kidney while sparing healthy tissue. This is important because it could prevent the need for dialysis in the future if for any reason the patient should lose function in the second kidney…
Robotic partial nephrectomy is a procedure in which the surgeon utilizes a surgical robot to remove diseased tissue from the kidney while sparing healthy tissue. This is important because it could prevent the need for dialysis in the future if for any reason the patient should lose function in the second kidney…
