Urologic cancer specialist Kenneth Nepple, MD, explains the how robotic partial nephrectomy can be used to treat renal (kidney) cancer (https://www.uihealthcare.org/kidneyca.... This minimally invasive surgery offers patients less pain, quicker recovery, and the possibility of keeping kidney function.

For more information on kidney cancer treatments at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, visit https://www.uihealthcare.org/kidneyca... or call (800) 7778442.

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