For many people, the idea of donating an organ seems far too daunting. But it doesn't have to be, some researchers argue.

Susan Posner's brother donated a kidney in 1991, and her nephew stepped up with another replacement in February at OHSU ...

A medical team at Al-Nadeem Government Hospital in Madaba on Wednesday performed the first laparoscopic surgery to remove a kidney from a patient with a large tumor. "This qualitative operation is ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Doctors typically treat Hirschsprung disease with surgery to remove part of the intestine. Learn about surgical procedures, recovery, and more.

Other associations include duplication of the collecting system, renal ectopia, multicystic dysplastic kidney and horseshoe kidney. Bilateral UPJ obstruction occurs in 10–15% of cases.

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In Medicare beneficiaries, rates of bile duct injury were consistently higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

Living Kidney Donor Surgery Is Low Risk for Most Patients Apr. 25, 2022 — The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the ...

An "off-the-jaw" sensing system restores tactile feedback in minimally invasive surgery, enhancing precision and safety.

In the 1990s, the surgery to remove a kidney was pretty invasive for the ... aren't really available with some of the traditional laparoscopic techniques." With a robot-assisted laparoscopy ...