North Middlesex Hospital, London

Some risk factors like age, haemoglobin levels and other medical problems can affect the outcome of nephrectomy both in terms of complications, length of stay and likelihood of requiring a transfusion.

The graphs below show what percentage of this consultant's / hospital's patients have each risk factor. This can indicate whether the consultant / hospital generally operates on high risk patients or specialises in doing complicated surgery like cytoreductive procedures or those involving exploration of the vena cava.