Role of allograft nephrectomy following kidney graft failure: preliminary experience with pre-operative angiographic kidney embolization.

Introduction: Allograft nephrectomy (AN) is not without morbidity following graft failure (GF) in kidney transplantation (KT).

Methods: Single center retrospective review of all adult patients undergoing AN following KT, including a subset of patients who underwent pre-operative angiographic kidney embolization (PAKE).

Results: Over a 104 month period, 853 adult patients underwent deceased donor KT.

Novel concepts in the treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma.

The understanding of renal cell carcinoma has undergone significant advances in the past several years. These have included advances in imaging procedures and surgical approaches, allowing for more precise staging, and individualized approaches to therapy. Furthermore, there has been an increase in the diagnosis of incidental tumors and currently the majority of RCCs are incidentally diagnosed on routing imaging procedures.