Oxford Renal Surgery Group

Renal Surgery team

 

In April 2012 we were recognised by NHS Specialised Services (NHS England) as the national referral centre for ex-vivo partial nephrectomy, an operation that we perform for patients with complex renal cancers in solitary kidneys.

We also act as a tertiary referral centre for retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer, IVC tumour thrombectomy and other complex renal cancer surgery.

We have extensive experience in laparoscopic surgery, having performed over a thousand cases to date. In addition, we now use the Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci Si robotic system, to perform a range of robotic assisted kidney operations.

Conditions we treat

• Renal cancer
• Upper tract urothelial carcinoma
• Pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction
• Complex renal stones
• Chronic pyelonephritis
• Urological complications following transplantation

Specialist surgical treatments offered by our team

• Open surgery

  • ex-vivo partial nephrectomy (EPN)
  • radical nephrectomy
  • partial nephrectomy
  • radical nephroureterectomy
  • IVC thrombectomy
  • segmental ureterectomy
  • retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND)
  • simple nephrectomy
  • ureteric re-implantation
  • renal auto-transplantation
  • radical orchidectomy
  • metastasectomy
  • ureterolysis
• Laparoscopic surgery
  • radical nephrectomy
  • partial nephrectomy
  • radical nephroureterectomy
  • simple nephrectomy
  • retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND)
  • pyeloplasty
  • nephrolithotomy
  • metastasectomy
• Robotic surgery
  • partial nephrectomy
  • pyeloplasty
  • retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND)
• Endoscopic surgery
  • flexible ureterorenoscopy and laser ablation
• Ablative therapies
  • radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
  • microwave ablation
  • high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
  • vascular targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP)
• Active surveillance of kidney cancer