New York, Jan 14
A robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RPN) may save kidneys and preserve kidney function in patients who need it most.
In a ground-breaking study, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital's Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit, Michigan, found that patients who received robot-assisted partial nephrectomy to treat kidney cancer had minimal loss of kidney function - a smaller amount even than patients with normal kidney function.
“Our study supports robot-assisted partial nephrectomy as an alternative to open surgery for patients with chronic kidney disease because decreases in kidney function after the procedure appear minimal,” said senior study author Craig Rogers, a Henry Ford urologist and robotic surgery specialist.
Partial nephrectomy or kidney-sparing surgery removes only the diseased part of the kidney sparing the healthy, functioning kidney tissue.
By:IANS