Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Percutaneous kidney biopsy is a feasible and safe procedure when testing patients with small ...

Patients with diabetes who have small kidney size at the beginning of peritoneal dialysis (PD) have a substantial risk of mortality. Patients with diabetes who have small kidney size at the start of ...

October 4, 2006 -- A new study showed that over the past 20 years, greater numbers of small kidney tumors are being detected and surgically excised, yet incidence and mortality rates of kidney cancer ...

When surgeons remove patients' kidney stones, they typically leave behind small stones that appear not to be causing problems. However, a new randomized controlled study has shown that leaving these ...

January 10, 2008 — Most patients found to have a small kidney tumor, between 2 and 4 cm in size, have the whole kidney removed. However, new findings suggest that for younger patients a partial ...

Current guidelines do not adequately address removal of small, asymptomatic kidney stones, leaving the decision to surgeons. Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic surgery may ...