DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Nephrectomy surgery
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC, also known as hypernephroma) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, the very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 80% of cases. It is also known to be the most lethal of all the genitourinary tumors. Initial treatment is most commonly a radical or partial nephrectomy and remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Where the tumour is confined to the renal parenchyma, the 5-year survival rate is 60-70%, but this is lowered considerably where metastases have spread...
Nephrectomy surgery - List of case studies
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ Tumor)
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the expert agrees with the chemotherapy treatment prior to surgery, or if it would be best to have the surgery first in order to establish ... determined . NWTS investigators recommended immediate nephrectomy because the administration of prenephrectomy chemotherapy may ...
- Renal Neoplasia of not yet Determined Nature
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to carry out a lesion enucleoresection. Partial/ radical nephrectomy surgery was scheduled. ... down towards the hilus. In any case partial/radical nephrectomy surgery is scheduled for the patient.” ...
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
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with necrotic content in the left kidney, and radical nephrectomy with ipsilateral para-aortic lymph node dissection was performed. ... patient had an abdominal radical nephrectomy. Surgery took place few days after diagnosis; radical nephrectomy with ...
- Treatments
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operation (right knee) APPENDIX REMOVE APPENDIX SURGERY AREDS formulation (of vitamins and minerals) ASA AV nodal ablation Abdominal radical nephrectomy Ablation Ablation treatment (tricuspidal isthmus ...
- Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney
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with renal cell carcinoma and underwent left radical nephrectomy. The expert recommended either close observation every few months ... has apparently recovered without any incidence since his surgery but it is pursuing a second opinion with regard to the benefit of any ...