Results Investigators have reported success in more than 95 percent of patients undergoing cyst unroofing, and complication rates are low. Operative time averages 90 minutes, and the hospital stay is ...

Often kidney cyst and kidney tumour induce the same kind of fear. But according to Dr. Sumit Bansal, consultant – urology, Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, they are distinctly different.

The prevalence of simple kidney cysts was 34.9% in the PHPT group vs. 16.2% in the control group, according to a report in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2009; published online ...

Renal cysts and diabetes syndrome is a rare subtype of diabetes. It belongs to a group of conditions known as maturity onset diabetes of the young. It occurs due to an alteration in the HNF1B gene.

The largest cyst measured 5.7 cm in diameter with thin septations and proteinaceous material. The right kidney was normal in texture and size (11.5 cm in length) with no cysts.

At operation a large, solitary cyst of the lower pole of a hydronephrotic right kidney, 9 by 9 cm., was excised, and through extension of the abdominal incision a supra-pubic cystotomy was performed.

A: A cyst is just a fluid-filled sac, and they are common in the kidneys, especially as people get older. They are more common in men: Among adults aged 50-70, 15 percent of men and 7 percent of ...

Drs Sumanta Pal and Laura Bukavina discuss the epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma, including risk factors, genetic screening, cystic disease, the microbiome, and the mycobiome.

Tiffani Gallant, 37 of Billings, is on a desperate search for a kidney donation. On Friday, Gallant was placed on the organ ...