Editorial comment to “Percutaneous endoscopic nephropexy with a percutaneous suture passed through the kidney”

Megias A. Percutaneous nephropexy in the treatment of renal ptosis. Arch Esp Urol 1999;52:250–6. [4] Székely JG. Re. Laparoscopic nephropexy: Washington University experience (letter to the editor). J Urol 1997;157:266. [5] Hoenig DM, Hemal AK, Shalhav AL, Clayman RV. Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, endopyelotomy and nephropexy in a single session. J Urol 1998;160:826–7. [6] Bishoff JT, Kavoussi LR. Laparoscopic surgery of the kidney. In: Walsh PC, Retik AB, Vaughan ED, Wein AJ, editors. Campbell’s urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007. p. 1759–809 [Chapter 51]. [7] Lezrek M, Ammani A, Bazine K, Assebane M, Kasmaoui el H, Qarro A, et al. The split leg modified lateral position for percutaneous renal surgery and optimal retrograde access to the upper urinary tract. Urology 2011;78:217–20. [8] Liatsikos E, Kyriazis I, Kallidonis P, Do M, Dietel A, Stolzenburg JU. Pure single-port laparoscopic surgery or mix of techniques? World J Urol 2012;30:581–7. [9] Wadstrom J, Haggman M. Laparoscopic nephropexy exposes a possible underlying pathogenic mechanism and allows successful treatment with tissue gluing of the kidney and fixation of the colon to the lateral abdominal wall. Int Braz J Urol 2010;36:10–7. [10] Lezrek M, Bazine KH, Amani A, Assebane M, Ghoundale O, Qarro A, et al. V30 ‘tips and tricks’ of percutaneous surgery in the split leg modified lateral position: optimal simultaneous anterograde and retrograde access. Eur Urol Suppl 2011;10:351.