Robotic tools bend like a wrist and give a magnified 3D view. That helps with delicate steps, like removing a tumor while saving the rest of the kidney.
Key points
- Compared with open surgery, smaller incisions often mean less pain and a quicker return home.
- The right approach still depends on your case.
When to book
If you've been told you need kidney surgery, schedule a visit to review your options.
We would like to see you in Sandy Springs
Our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, which has its own surgery center, and our Decatur Clinic at 2711 Irvin Way are both ready to welcome you. One number books either office: 678-344-8900.
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Further reading
- Read the full answer to this question on advancedurology.com
- Kidney cancer: Advanced Urology overview
How our Sandy Springs urologists think through this question
When someone brings this exact question into our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, it gets a full hearing. Our Sandy Springs urologists will not rush past it. They look at the history in front of them, the tests already done, and what would actually change the plan, then we talk about a procedure if one is even on the table. When treatment is part of the conversation, we stay with what Advanced Urology already offers: the established options Advanced Urology already offers, as explained on its public pages, for a kidney mass: close monitoring, needle ablation, and surgery, including robotic surgery that tries to save the kidney when that is possible. Histotripsy for kidney tumors is still being studied and is not a standard option yet. We will say so plainly if a popular option is one the practice does not provide. If something on this page does not match what you have been told, bring that disagreement to our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road and we will sort it out with you.
What a visit at Sandy Springs is usually like
The first appointment at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road leaves room for you to tell the story in your own words. We ask how long this has been going on, what you have already tried, and which medicines you currently take. An exam is often part of that same visit, and we explain any urine study or scan before it is done. If a later procedure needs a surgery center, we will say whether it is booked at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road or at another Advanced Urology surgery center, and how to get ready. At the desk at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, please have a government-issued identification, insurance information if you carry it, and the names of the medicines you take; old records help, but a perfect file is not required to be seen.
When to call our team at Sandy Springs about this
Phone 678-344-8900 when the question on this page is the one keeping you up, or when a test result named here has just arrived. We will get you on the schedule at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, or you can use online booking, and we will tell you the earliest opening we can offer. Heavy bleeding, clots that stop you from urinating, a fever with pain in the side or back, or being unable to pass urine at all should be handled in an emergency department or by calling 911, rather than waiting for a routine slot at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.
A video from Advanced Urology that relates to this topic
Advanced Urology recorded the clip below on the official practice channel. It is meant as background for the same concern people bring to our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.