UAB Division of Transplantation Professor and Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Michael Hanaway, M.D., has recently been featured on UAB MedCast. During the episode, Hanaway discusses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Doctors at UAB are leading the southeast in kidney transplant surgery. Nearly two weeks ago, UAB ...

Robotic and minimally invasive kidney cancer surgery may reduce pain, shorten recovery time and preserve kidney function, according to Dr. Armine Smith. Robotic and minimally invasive surgery for ...

A kidney removed to fight a patient’s cancer was the first robotic surgery performed at Olean General Hospital. OGH reported Thursday the first robotic-assisted surgery in Olean was performed Jan. 20, ...

A surgeon at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town has performed a first in South Africa. Urologist Dr Danelo du Plessis successfully performed a donor nephrectomy — a surgical procedure to remove a kidney ...

A Garland, Utah man was preparing to donate a kidney to his uncle when a routine exam revealed an unexpected twist—he needed kidney surgery himself. Justin Shelton's surgeon, Dr. Richard Matern, is ...

A surgical team at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has pushed the boundaries of clinical care by performing the first-ever robotic, minimally-invasive surgical removal of ...

Patients who undergo single-port robotic prostate or kidney surgery tend to have less blood loss and postoperative pain and shorter hospital stays compared with patients undergoing multi-port robotic ...

Pakistan has taken a significant step towards advanced cancer and liver care as surgeons at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Centre (PKLI&RC), Lahore have successfully performed ...

Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from distances of up to 1,700 miles, a new study has found. This remarkable capability is akin to a medic based in southern Europe operating on a ...