Banner University Medicine Tucson has reached a milestone by completing its first robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy.

University of Iowa Health announced in early February 2026 that it had successfully completed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy ...

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 ...

UAB Division of Transplantation Professor and Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Michael Hanaway, M.D., has recently been featured on UAB MedCast. During the episode, Hanaway discusses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests that a surgeon no longer needs to be in the same room as the patient, and that operating on a patient ...

In a randomized trial of radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy, telesurgery was not inferior to conventional local robotic surgery -- but surgeon experience is an important factor. Telesurgery ...

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 ...

Renal cell carcinoma can sometimes spread to the inferior vena cava (IVC), the body's largest vein, posing a threat to the heart and brain. Robotic nephrectomy for inferior vena cava tumor thrombus ...

The probability of surgical success with telesurgery for radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy for small renal masses was non-inferior to local robotic surgery in a small randomized trial. The ...

Patna: Doctors at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) will perform three kidney-related robotic surgeries on Friday, including two for kidney cancer, as its ongoing clinical trial ...