Paediatric computer-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy compared with open surgery

Robot-assisted surgery compared with open surgery and laparoscopic surgery.

Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy in dialysis dependent patients and comparison with open surgery.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the surgical outcomes and morbidity of retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy compared with open nephrectomy for dialysis dependent patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD Between November 2002 and August 2007, 14 hemo or peritoneal dialysis patients underwent nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy at Siriraj Hospital. Of the 14 patients, seven were treated with retroperitoneoscopic nephrect...

Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic versus standard laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: HARP-trial

BACKGROUND Transplantation is the only treatment offering long-term benefit to patients with chronic kidney failure. Live donor nephrectomy is performed on healthy individuals who do not receive direct therapeutic benefit of the procedure themselves. In order to guarantee the donor's safety, it is important to optimise the surgical approach. Recently we demonstrated the benefit of laparoscopic ...

Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy in benign pathology.

INTRODUCTION We report our experience with 43 retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy for benign kidney disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients had a poor function from obstructive uropathology and renal atrophy. None of these patients had a previous lumbotomy. Retroperitoneoscopy was performed with 4 trocar port technique in a lateral position. The retroperitoneal space is created by us...

Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma: Comparison With Open Surgery

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of the retroperitoneoscopic approach to adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma and to compare it with the open retroperitoneal approach. METHODS Twelve retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas were performed in 10 patients at our center between January 1996 and January 2001. Two patients underwent simultaneous bilateral surgeries. These wer...