Radical nephrectomy

Pruthi RS, Kang J, Vick R. Desmopressin induced hyponatremia and seizures after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. J Urol 2002 168(1) 187. 

Alsahaf MH, Stockwell M. Respiratory failure due to the combined effects of transdermal fentanyl and epidural bupi-vacaine/diamorphine following radical nephrectomy. J Pain Symptom Manage 2000 20(3) 210-13. 

Alre y a web based Critical pathway is being used for radical nephrectomy which has improved health outcomes by reducing the hospital stay and admission charges and by improving the quality of care". 

P L Chang, Y C Li and S H Lee, The differences in health outcomes between web-based and paper-based implementation of a clinical pathway for radical nephrectomy, BJU International, 2002 90 522-528. 

Zielinski H, Szmigielski S, Petrovich Z (2000) Comparison of preoperative embolization followed by radical nephrectomy with radical nephrectomy alone for renal cell carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol 23 6-12... 

The first case of percutaneous RF ablation prior to radical open nephrectomy of an exophytic RCC was reported by Zlotta et al. in 1997 (Zlotta et al. 1997). Histopathological evaluation of the operation specimen revealed stromal edema and pyknosis. The zones of ablation were correctly predicted from the needle deployment. No viable tumor cells were demonstrated in the percutaneously treated tumor. In 1999 the first case of RF ablation as sole treat-... 

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