St Bartholomew's Hospital

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.