Prof. Dr. Dr. Johannes Huber is the Director of the University Urology Clinic Heidelberg and deals daily with kidney diseases, kidney stones, and modern surgical procedures. In this episode, he explains why the kidneys are so crucial to our overall health, which lifestyle factors promote kidney stones, and why impaired kidney function can have far-reaching consequences for the heart and blood vessels. We also talk about how kidney tumors can now be operated on as organ-sparing and robot-assisted as possible.
Topics of this episode:
- Why a healthy kidney is crucial for the heart, blood vessels, and life expectancy
- Kidney stones: risk factors, symptoms, and prevention
- Which kidney screening tests may be useful
- Kidney cancer: why early detection is so important
- How up to 90% of the kidney can now be preserved
- Da-Vinci robot & minimally invasive kidney surgery
- What role AI could play in the operating room in the future
If you want to know how to protect your kidneys in the long term and what modern options urology offers today, you should not miss this episode!
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