University of Iowa Health announced in early February 2026 that it had successfully completed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy ...

Incidental detection has increased with ubiquitous CT/MRI, inflating early-stage ‘small renal mass’ diagnoses and complicating interpretation of a ~5% rise in <50-year incidence. Obesity, hypertension ...

University of Iowa Health Care transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany recently performed the first robotic living donor ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Health Care says a recent surgical milestone could expand access to life-saving kidney transplants across the state. Transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany, MD, PhD, ...

Hydronephrosis is when your kidneys swell because your body can't release all of its pee. It may affect one or both kidneys, and it can occur in people of all ages. About 1 in 100 adults get ...

Hydronephrosis is typically considered a hallmark radiographic finding of urinary tract obstruction, expected to develop within 7 days of onset. However, this timeline may not apply universally. We ...

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Model From Baseline Histopathology Adds Prognostic Information for Distant Recurrence Assessment in Hormone Receptor–Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor ...

Experts recently developed 23 consensus practice points/statements regarding the use of nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Regardless of when it was performed in ...

Objective 3D virtual models have gained interest in urology, particularly in the context of robotic partial nephrectomy. From these, newly developed "anatomical digital twin models" reproduce both the ...

Upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) represents a rare malignant urothelial disease arising from the inner surface of the ureter, the calyces or the renal pelvis. This case report describes a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nephrectomy can be effectively performed in patients with autosomal dominant PKD for various indications, such ...