Bench surgery in renal tumors.
Extracorporeal or "bench" surgery is useful in highly selected cases of renal cell carcinoma in a solitary kidney, those with large tumors involving the center third of the kidney or multiple tumors. This author reports on its use in 7 patients out of 25 operated for cure for tumor in a solitary kidney. Except for 1 postoperative non-cancer death, all are now alive and free of tumor between 2 and 10 years after surgery.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged