Early adoption of robotic surgery leads to organ preservation for kidney cancer patients

Early adoption of robotic surgery leads to organ preservation for kidney cancer patients
New York NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2014 - Patients with operable kidney cancers were more likely to have a partial nephrectomy - the recommended treatment for localized tumors - when treated in hospitals that were early adopters of robotic surgery, according to a new study. Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center and elsewhere, publishing online in the journal Medical Care, report that by 2008, hospitals that had adopted rob ... more

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