Anesthesia for Living Donor Renal Transplant NephrectomyAnesthesia for Living Donor Renal Transplant Nephrectomy
What challenges does the anesthetist face in living donor kidney transplantation? Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Partial Nephrectomy Procedural Window Widened With Use of ICE Technique
A new technique of robotic partial nephrectomy has the potential for better preservation of kidney function and better cancer control during partial nephrectomy by allowing surgeons more time to perform the procedure compared with traditional open surgery, according to the results of a recently published case series. (Source: Cancer Network)
Source: Cancer Network - January 2, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
GU ASCO: The Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy
Read the full expert editorial from today's Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Daily News by clicking here
02/03/2012 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - February 2, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
GU ASCO: The Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy
Read the full expert editorial from today's Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Daily News by clicking here02/03/2012 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - February 2, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Summary: International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Conclusions:
Ideal ischemia time is 20-25 minutes or less improves short and long term renal function. >25 minutes carried 5 year risk of new onset stage 4 CKD
No differences on GFR for cold vs. warm ischemia times
Preoperative GFR and the percent of kidney preserved was a better predictor of post op GFR.
No ischemia preserves renal function better than warm.
Longer cold ischemia times were equivalent to shorter warm ischemia times.
Quality and quantity of the remaining kidney is associated with ultimate renal function.
Robotics in RCC Surgery
Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
The opening question ...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - December 15, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Summary: International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Conclusions:
Ideal ischemia time is 20-25 minutes or less improves short and long term renal function. >25 minutes carried 5 year risk of new onset stage 4 CKD
No differences on GFR for cold vs. warm ischemia times
Preoperative GFR and the percent of kidney preserved was a better predictor of post op GFR.
No ischemia preserves renal function better than warm.
Longer cold ischemia times were equivalent to shorter warm ischemia times.
Quality and quantity of the remaining kidney is associated with ultimate renal function.
Robotics in RCC Surgery
Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
The...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - December 15, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Patient-friendly summaries: 10th International Symposium
10th International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Chicago, October 14-15, 2011Reporting by Joyce Wilcox Graff, Director of Wellness, VHL Family AllianceForeword:
As ever, the Kidney Cancer Symposium is stimulating and educational.
While we are always impatient with the speed of progress, it is amazing how far we have come in a short time. Progress is astounding. Ten years ago the standard of care was open radical nephrectomy. Five years ago we were moving toward partial nephrectomy but still had only IL-2. Today we have kinder, gentler surgical approaches and a growing selection of new drugs, thou...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - November 29, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Patient-friendly summaries: 10th International Symposium
10th International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Chicago, October 14-15, 2011
Reporting by Joyce Wilcox Graff, Director of Wellness, VHL Family Alliance
Foreword:
As ever, the Kidney Cancer Symposium is stimulating and educational.
While we are always impatient with the speed of progress, it is amazing how far we have come in a short time. Progress is astounding. Ten years ago the standard of care was open radical nephrectomy. Five years ago we were moving toward partial nephrectomy but still had only IL-2. Today we have kinder, gentler surgical approaches and a growing selection of new dru...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - November 29, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Patient-friendly summaries: 10th International Symposium
10th International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Chicago, October 14-15, 2011Reporting by Joyce Wilcox Graff, Director of Wellness, VHL Family AllianceForeword:
As ever, the Kidney Cancer Symposium is stimulating and educational.
While we are always impatient with the speed of progress, it is amazing how far we have come in a short time. Progress is astounding. Ten years ago the standard of care was open radical nephrectomy. Five years ago we were moving toward partial nephrectomy but still had only IL-2. Today we have kinder, gentler surgical approaches and a growing selection of new drugs, thou...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - November 29, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Summaries: International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Conclusion: there is no increased risk of doing the lymph node dissection early on. Dr. Eggener-CON
Basics
Lymph node dissections rarely done, even for large tumors, because there is no proven therapeutic or staging benefit for low risk patients. A Mayo study revealed no data showing therapeutic benefit in high risk patients. For clinically node negative high risk patients, there is staging value but no proven therapeutic benefit.
Rate of positive nodes is associated with stage and grade; the higher the stage and grade, the more likely there will be positive nodes. A tumor> 10 cm w...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - November 29, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
