Near infrared light usage during partial nephrectomy

A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure. Over the past two decades, the incidence of the kidney cancer has increased by 2% worldwide. The number of young people with kidney cancer has unfortunately increased. 90-95% of renal malignancies are so called Renal-cell carcinoma (RCC). There are various indications for this procedure, including renal cell carcinoma, a non-functioning kidney (which may cause high blood pressure) and a congenitally small kidney (in which the kidney is swelling, causing it to press on nerves, which can cause pain in unrelated areas such as the back). Nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma is rapidly being modified to allow partial removal of the kidney. Nephrectomy is also performed for the purpose of living donor kidney transplantation. A nephroureterectomy is the removal of a kidney and the entire ureter and a small cuff of the bladder for urothelial cancer of the kidney or ureter. Currently, more than 50% of cases of kidney cancer are discovered incidentally in instrumental studies. RCC treatment is surgical removal of the tumor. The surgery is performed with the patient under general anesthesia.

Author(s): Sopio Abazadze

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