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Secondary to the widespread use of the modern imaging techniques of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound, 70% of renal tumors today are detected incidentally with a median tumor...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transarterial nephrectomy, i.e., complete renal artery embolization, as an alternative to surgical nephrectomy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 11 patients who...
PURPOSE: To compare the perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) for moderately or highly complex tumors (RENAL nephrometry score> or =7).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A...
PURPOSE: To investigate surgical outcomes between retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) groups for a main stone sized 15 to 30 mm and located in the lower-pole calyx.
MATERIALS...