Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN)

This animation shows how a Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy procedure is performed.

Partial nephrectomy is used to treat kidney cancer that has not spread to other tissue. It is recommended whenever possible. The aim is to remove the part of the kidney with abnormally growing cells (tumour) but to leave as much as possible of the healthy kidney.

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