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Urologic Cancer Surgery Readmission Rate Highest for RC

In a study, nearly 20% of radical cystectomy patients were readmitted for complications within 90 days compared with 1.9% and 5.9% for radical prostatectomy and radical nephrectomy, respectively.
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Kidney Failure Rate Varies by Glomerulonephropathy Type

End-stage renal disease was 3.4 times more likely to develop among patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy compared with those who had minimal change disease, study finds.
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CKD Patients With Heart Failure May Not Benefit From ICDs

Study finds no difference in all-cause mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure who received implantable cardioverter defibrillators and those who did not.
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Kidney Stone Treatment Better With Ureterorenoscopy

For renal calculi 5 to 20 mm in diameter, treatment with flexible ureterorenoscopy was associated with higher stone-free and freedom from reintervention rates vs ESWL.
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Incidental Discovery of Health Issues May Benefit Living Kidney Donors

The living kidney donor candidate evaluation process can reveal serious undiagnosed medical problems.
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Childhood Kidney Disease Ups Risk for Kidney Failure Later in Life

In an Israeli study, individuals who had any type of kidney disease as children had a 4-fold increased risk of end-stage renal disease in adulthood.
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Kidney Disease Risk May Be Reduced With Bariatric Surgery

At 1 and 7 years after bariatric surgery, 63% and 53% of patients at moderate risk for chronic kidney disease before surgery had an improvement in their CKD risk category.
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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Feasible for Larger Kidney Tumors

No greater risks for upstaging or positive surgical margins were observed among patients who underwent RPN for cT2a tumors over the short term.
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Kidney Cancer Progression Linked to Preop Cardiovascular Biomarkers

Elevated serum levels of BNP and NT-proBNP prior to nephrectomy are associated with an increased likelihood of RCC progression.
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Bladder Cancer Risk Higher in Urinary Stone Formers

Patients with versus without a history of urinary calculi had nearly 2-fold greater odds of bladder cancer, meta-analysis showed.
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RCC Treatment Costs Could Negatively Affect Health

Access to treatment should be considered as important as the research leading to clinical improvements.
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Radical Nephrectomy Linked With Worse Kidney Function, Survival

Patients who underwent radical nephrectomy had 2-fold greater decline in eGFR decline and 2-fold greater mortality compared with those who had a partial nephrectomy.
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Cabozantinib Improves Survival, Response in Bone-metastatic RCC

Patients who received cabozantinib were also less likely to have skeletal-related events (23% vs 29% with everolimus).
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Robotic Kidney Transplantation Safe, Feasible

Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation is associated with a low complication rate and excellent graft function, European study shows.
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SABR for Renal Cell Carcinoma Offers Excellent Outcomes

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy is associated with high 2- and 4-year rates of local cancer control and progression-free and cancer-specific survival.
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Conversion of Robotic Partial to Radical Nephrectomy Is Uncommon

In a multinational, prospective study, just 5% of cases converted.
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Gene therapy restores normal blood glucose levels in mice with type 1 diabetes

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CERA Effective for Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients With Anemia

The safety profile of CERA is similar for children as for adults.
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Lower IV Iron Dosing in Anemic Dialysis Patients May Be More Effective

To support ESA therapy, IV iron at doses below 300 mg/month may be most effective for the average hemodialysis patient, according to an observational study.
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Early RRT for Acute Kidney Injury Not Superior

Early and late initiation of renal replacement therapy for AKI in critically ill patients are associated with similar long-term risks of death, chronic kidney disease, and end-stage renal disease.
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