Radical nephrectomy--an assessment of morbidity, local control of disease and its effect on prognosis.
Radical nephrectomy has a morbidity and mortality similar to that of the more simple procedure. Local control of disease may be obtained safely even in those patients with gross venous extension and worthwhile survival may be obtained in this group of patients. Further study of this extended operation would appear desirable.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis