Surgery to remove your kidney to treat cancer that is restricted to your kidney or the surrounding area is known as a radical nephrectomy.

REQUIRED TEST

Before the procedure starts, some tests are needed:

• Function test of the kidney
• Function test of the liver
• Blood tests
• Urine test

TIME DURATION

Radical nephrectomy surgery takes nearly 2–3 hours to complete, but the hospital stay for the patient would be 3-5 days.

SUCCESS RATE

The success rate of radical nephrectomy surgery in India is very high, nearly 98%.