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Renal mass imaging modalities: does body mass index (BMI) matter?
PurposeAccurate measurement of renal mass size is crucial in the management of renal cancer. With the burdensome cost of imaging yet its need for...
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Lean body mass in living kidney donors impacts postoperative renal function
PurposeA living donor kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for chronic renal impairment. Our objective is to assess if lean skeletal muscle...
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Renal mass biopsy — a practical and clinicopathologically relevant approach to diagnosis
Advancements in imaging modalities have increased the frequency of renal mass discovery. Imaging has typically been considered sufficient to guide...
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as a solitary renal mass: a case report
BackgroundGranulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is characterized by necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis involving small-sized vessels in the upper...
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Enigmatic Nasal Mass
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma rarely presents in head and neck and is even rarer in the sinonasal region. However, a sinonasal metastatic mass is...
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Nephrectomy improves both antihypertensive requirement and left ventricular mass for pediatric renal hypertension
BackgroundRenal hypertension causes left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy leading to cardiomyopathy. Nephrectomy has been utilized to improve blood...
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Time course of complications after small renal mass biopsy: evaluation of initial follow-up images
PurposeTo retrospectively assess the time course of complications after image-guided small renal mass biopsy using initial follow-up imaging.
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Partial or radical nephrectomy for complex renal mass: a comparative analysis of oncological outcomes and complications from the ROSULA (Robotic Surgery for Large Renal Mass) Collaborative Group
PurposeTo compare outcomes of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and minimally invasive radical nephrectomy (MIS-RN) for complex renal...
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Microwave ablation of the T1a small renal mass: expanding beyond 3 cm
PurposeTo compare the oncological and renal function outcomes for patients receiving microwave ablation (MWA) in tumors < 3 and 3–4 cm.
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The success rate of small renal mass core needle biopsy and its impact on lowering benign resection rate
BackgroundSmall renal mass (SRM) biopsy remains under-utilized due to stigma. Meanwhile, the alarmingly high benign findings in resected kidney...
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Association of body mass index and blood pressure variability with 10-year mortality and renal disease progression in type 2 diabetes
BackgroundVariability in biological parameters may be associated with adverse outcomes. The aim of the study was to determine whether variability in...
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Evaluation of a multiparametric renal CT algorithm for diagnosis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma among small (≤ 4 cm) solid renal masses
ObjectiveTo evaluate a recently proposed CT-based algorithm for diagnosis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) among small (≤ 4 cm) solid renal...
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Huge Renal Leiomyoma Masqurading as Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma: a case report
BackgroundRenal leiomyoma is an extremely rare benign tumour of the kidney. It is mostly asymptomatic. Our aim was to report the first case of...
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Sex-specific association of body mass index and fatty liver index with prevalence of renal hyperfiltration: a cross sectional study using Japanese health check-up data
BackgroundThe relationship between obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and renal hyperfiltration is controversial. This study aimed to...
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Robotic transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal approach for anterior renal mass nephron-sparing surgery
Robotic nephron-sparing surgery is traditionally performed via a transperitoneal (TP) approach. However, the retroperitoneal (RP) approach has gained...
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Left ventricular myocardial mass index associated with cardiovascular and renal prognosis in IgA nephropathy
IntroductionIn chronic kidney disease (CKD), like in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity are many times higher than...
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Thermal Ablation Versus Partial Nephrectomy for cT1 Renal Mass in a Solitary Kidney: A Matched Cohort Comparative Analysis
BackgroundNephron-sparing approaches are preferred for renal mass in a solitary kidney (RMSK), with partial nephrectomy (PN) generally prioritized....
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The effect of body mass index on mortality, peritonitis, technique proficiency and residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis patients
BackgroundThe prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Obesity is also increasing in the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population. There are...
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Bilateral renal lymphangiectasia: a rare renal cystic disease managed by minimal invasive approach—a case report
BackgroundRenal cystic diseases are one of the commonest renal lesions encountered in clinical practice. Although common, most of the cysts are...
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Preoperative proteinuria correlates with renal function after partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma
PurposePreoperative proteinuria is a prognostic factor of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We assessed the association between preoperative proteinuria...
