Publications by authors named "Nedra Hood"
Objective: To present our experience and outcomes with robotic mid and distal ureteral reconstruction and to compare these results with our previous laparoscopic series.
Methods: In an institutional review board-approved retrospective study, 16 patients underwent robotic mid and distal ureteral repair (13 ureteral reimplantations and 3 ureteroureterostomies) at our institution from August 2008 to September 2011. Proximal ureteral stricture, extrinsic obstruction, and ureteropelvic junction obstruction cases were excluded.
Renal cell carcinoma is relatively common in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease, yet characteristically follows a less aggressive course compared with sporadic renal cell carcinoma. We report on 2 patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and atypically aggressive renal tumors. In these patients, more rigorous screening guidelines may help to identify the more aggressive variants.
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- The study looked at how medical treatments (like shots) and surgery affect the size of testicles in men with prostate cancer.
- They found that men who got medical treatment had smaller testicles after treatment compared to those who had surgery.
- It’s important for patients to know that medical treatments can make their testicles shrink, which might affect how they feel about their appearance.
Purpose: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LAP) has been gaining more popularity among kidney donors and transplant surgeons. There have been some concerns about the function of kidney grafts harvested by laparoscopic procedures. We report our results of LAP.
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