http://www.or-live.com/Tufts-NEMC/1732 Urology: Surgeons at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston will perform a hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy during a live Webcast produced by OR Live on Wednesday, July 25th at 6:30 pm EDT. The surgery will be performed by Gennaro Carpinito, MD, Tufts-NEMC's Urologist-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Urology, and moderated by Tufts-NEMC surgeon Michael Tarnoff, MD. The Webcast will feature live Internet transmission of the procedure, as well as interviews with other members of the Medical Center's comprehensive and multidisciplinary urology and nephrology teams. Hand-assisted laparoscopic kidney removal is most often used for treating renal cancer, or to provide kidneys for transplant from an ever-increasing number of living kidney donors. Benefits of the laparoscopic approach include a smaller incision, less pain, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery time for the patient. Traditionally, surgeons remove...