Technology appears to be evolving at a perplexing rate around the board these days. Robotics is considered as the future and 21^st century has laid a foundation for the advancing at a similar rate. Health care is one sector that is most likely to benefit from the rise of robotics, with experts expecting major development in this area within the next 5 years as technology advances. In the majority of cases, the robots merely boost the surgeon’s skill rather than replacing the doctor altogether.

Researchers have found that a new method of kidney cancer surgery could help minimise organ damage, leading to more effective treatment of the disease. It describes a modern type of key-hole, robotic surgery technique that only removes the tumour and protects the kidney. This is done without stopping blood supply to the kidney at all-minimizing kidney injury while current types of kidney-sparing surgery stop blood flow to the kidney when the tumour is removed. This is due to the stopping blood flow, even temporarily, will influence kidney activity, which can affect the long-term longevity of the patient.

Surgeons will monitor particular branches of the arteries of the kidney that supply the tumour with blood directly under the latest procedure. The flow of blood to the remainder of the kidney remains unaffected. This technique offers a significant step forward in developing procedures to eliminate the cancerous portion of the kidney.

Journal of Clinical & Experimental Nephrology focuses on the dissemination of the latest  advancements on the current knowledge on all the aspects of Nephrology such as Peritoneal Dialysis, Kidney Diseases, Acute Renal Replacement Therapy, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Diseases, Lupus Nephritis and Renal Transplantation.

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