More pediatric kidney patients being treated with minimally invasive surgical techniques
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
More children, like adults, are undergoing minimally invasive surgery for diseased kidneys, with most of the procedures being performed at teaching hospitals to treat non-cancerous conditions. Those conclusions were reached in a unique study by researchers who set out to fill a knowledge gap about the use of nephrectomy -- the surgical removal of a diseased kidney -- in the US pediatric population.