With the widespread use of abdominal imaging, there has been a substantial increase in the detection of incidental, small renal masses. This change has resulted in a downward trend in the size and ...

Open nephroureterectomy can be performed through a variety of approaches depending upon the surgeon's preference, patient body habitus, and medical comorbidities. Generally, a flank incision for the ...

The oncologic and functional results of open partial nephrectomy (OPN) are excellent. At the same time, the morbidity associated with an open flank incision can be considerable, 4 and the chance that ...

The classic triad of renal cell carcinoma (flank pain, haematuria, and a palpable abdominal mass) is observed in only 9% of ...

Egg-sized stone smashed with special probe and sucked out after small incision in flank Dubai: In a surgery carried out for the first time, a Dubai hospital recently saved the life of a patient ...