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APRIL 2017 | The Surgical Technologist | 169 A B O U T T H E A U T H O R Sue Begnal, CST, RN, BSN, is a 2012 graduate of Concorde Career College Surgical Technology program in Port- land, Oregon. She has worked as a CST at Hilton Head Regional Medical Cen- ter in South Carolina and is a newly minted RN-BSN work- ing in New York. She is also a kidney cancer survivor. R E F E R E N C E S 1. Renal clear cell ca (1). (2005). In Wikipedia . Retrieved from http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: Renal_clear_cell_ca_(1)_Nephrectomy.jpg 2. Renal cell carcinoma. (2009). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: Clear_cell_renal_cell_carcinoma_high_mag. jpg 3. Photos used by permission from the author. Intraoperative photos of the author taken by Cara B Cimmino, MD; Christopher Lebeis, MD; for exclu- sive use by S Begnal, patient. 4. American Cancer Society. (2014). Kidney cancer (adult)–renal cell car- cinoma . Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/cancer/kidneycancer/ detailedguide/kidney-cancer-adult-key-statistics 5. Biopsy of kidney masses/cancer. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.kid- neycancerinstitute.com/biopsy.html 6. Central Sterile Supply, Hilton Head Regional Medical Center (2014). Unpublished instrument tray lists for nephrectomy. 7. Frey, KB, et al. (2008). Surgical technology for the surgical technologist. A positive care approach (3rd ed). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learn- ing. 794-798 8. Goldman, MA. (2008). P ocket guide to the operating room (3rd ed). Phila- delphia, PA: FA Davis Company. 9. Hamilton, RJ. (2014). Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia (15th ed). Burling- ton, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company. 10. Kidney Cancer Association. (2013). Surgical treatment. Retrieved from http://www.kidneycancer.org/knowledge/learn/surgical-treatment/ 11. Libertino, JA; Izes, JK, et al. (1998). Reconstructive urologic surgery (3rd ed). St Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, Inc. 37-46 12. Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014). Kidney cancer. Retrieved from http://www. mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kidney-cancer/basics/definition/con- 20024753 13. National Cancer Institute: PDQ® Renal Cell Cancer Treatment. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified 4/17/2014. Available at: http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/renalcell/Patient. Accessed 05/31/2014. 14. National Cancer Institute. (2014). SEER stat fact sheets: Kidney and renal pelvis cancer. Retrieved from http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/kidrp. html 15. Partial nephrectomy. (2008). Retrieved from http://urologysurgery.word- press.com/2008/09/21/partial-nephrectomy/ 16. Russo, P. (2011, Special article). Open partial nephrectomy. Personal tech- nique and current outcomes. Arch Esp Urol. 64(7), 571-593. Retrieved from http://aeurologia.com/pdfs/articulos/9754467742022-eng.pdf 17. US National Library of Medicine NIH National Institutes of Health. (2014). Renal cell carcinoma. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ medlineplus/ency/article/000516.htm 18. Wang H, Zhou L, Guo J, Sun L, Long Q, et al. (2014) Mini-flank supra-12th rib incision for open partial nephrectomy compared with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and traditional open partial nephrectomy. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89155. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089155 C E E X A M Earn CE Credits at Home You wi l l be awarded cont inuing educa- tion (CE) credits toward your recertifica- t ion af ter reading the des ignated ar t i- cle and completing the test with a score of 70% or better. If you do not pass the test, it will be returned along with your payment. Send the original answer sheet from the journal and make a copy for your records. If possible use a credit card (debit or credit) for payment. It is a faster option for processing of credits and offers more flexibility for correct payment. When submitting multiple tests, you do not need to submit a separate check for each journal test. You may submit multiple journal tests with one check or money order. Members this test is also available online at www.ast.org. No stamps or checks and it posts to your record automatically! Members: $6 per credit (per credit not per test) Nonmembers: $10 per credit (per credit not per test plus the $400 nonmember fee per submission) After your credits are processed, AST will send you a letter acknowledging the number of credits that were accepted. Members can also check your CE credit status online with your login information at www.ast.org. 3 WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR CE CREDITS Mail to: AST, Member Services, 6 West Dry Creek Circle Ste 200, Littleton, CO 80120-8031 Fax CE credits to: 303-694-9169 E-mail scanned CE credits in PDF format to: [email protected] For questions please contact Member Services - [email protected] or 800-637-7433, option 3. Business hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00a.m. - 4:30 p.m., MT