Kidney Mass Removal Surgery. In the majority of cases minimally invasive kidney sparing procedures can be offered to patients. Again in this situation the biopsy has not been helpful and surgery or ablation of the mass is required.
These approaches are usually considered for small no larger than 4 cm or1 inches kidney cancers. Nephrectomy is also done to remove a healthy kidney from a donor either living or deceased for transplantation. In the majority of cases minimally invasive kidney sparing procedures can be offered to patients.
During a radical nephrectomy the urologic surgeon removes the entire kidney and often some additional structures such as part of the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder ureter or other adjacent structures such as the adrenal gland or lymph nodes.
Thus in most cases if the mass is suspicious for cancer surgery or ablation of the mass is recommended without a biopsy. Recovery time for kidney removal time of recovery after the surgery and for how long you will stay in the hospital depends on the type of nephrectomy done and your general health. Large tumors generally require complete surgical removal of the kidney along with the tumor and surrounding tissue radical nephrectomy. Again in this situation the biopsy has not been helpful and surgery or ablation of the mass is required.