An Orlando urologist who thought he removed a patient’s kidney as planned actually had left the kidney in place, a Florida Department of Health administrative complaint said. Dr. Zamip Patel had taken ...

Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

(CNN) — A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to dialysis. Tim Andrews of New Hampshire received the transplant in January, ...

The University of Iowa's headway in robotic kidney removal surgery is expected to increase donor eligibility.