Laparoscopic surgery for Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a difficult one so it seems that our experience may be helpful in other similar surgeries. The patient was a 75 years old woman who had right flank pain, several stones were observed in her kidney via IVU (Intra Venous Urogram). The patient underwent transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy and on pathology, XGP was reported. ...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has acquired an important role in the era of minimally invasive surgery. Laparoscopic harvesting of the right kidney is technically more challenging than that of the left kidney because of the short right renal vein and the need to retract the liver away from the right kidney. The aim of this article is to report our experience with right laparoscopic...

Introduction: The present study shows and discusses the preliminary experience of customized and staged approach in the minimally invasive treatment of inflammatory renal diseases, using either pure laparoscopic surgery or the hand-assisted technique. Materials and Methods: We prospectively assessed 17 patients with inflammatory renal diseases operated by laparoscopic approach. Mean age was 41 ...

INTRODUCTION Renal involvement by hydatid disease is uncommon. The patients may be asymptomatic or present with flank pain, hematuria, and hypertension. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment, and options include cyst deroofing, partial nephrectomy, and total nephrectomy. We share our experience of laparoscopic management of 3 patients with large hydatid cysts of the kidney and review the literat...

OBJECTIVE Report the authors' initial experience with hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy technique in renal donors for transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-seven donors submitted to hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy were retrospectively analyzed from February 2001 to June 2002. Technical aspects of the donor surgery, results, and complications, are discussed, as well as reci...

INTRODUCTION Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is caused by a compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). It results in left renal venous hypertension, and the subsequent development of venous varicosities of the renal pelvis, ureter, and gonadal vein. CASE PRESENTATION A 21-year-old Chinese woman was admitted with a seven-month history of unilateral...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficiency and safety of the transperitoneal approaches with retroperitoneal approaches in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma and provide evidence-based medicine support for clinical treatment. METHODS A systematic computer search of PUBMED, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library was executed to identify retrospective observational and prospective ran...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of different technique modifications in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analyses. DATA SOURCES Searches of PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Central from January 1st 1997 until April 1st 2014. STUDY DESIGN All cohort studies and randomized clinical trials comparing fully laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with modificat...

Open partial nephrectomy is an accepted form of treatment for a variety of benign conditions and for localized renal cell carcinoma. To date, there is limited experience with the clinical application of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and wedge resection for benign and malignant disease of the kidney. Herein, we report our clinical experience with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and a review ...

In the contemporary era of minimally invasive surgery, very few T1/T2 renal lesions are not amenable to nephron-sparing surgery. However, centrally located lesions continue to pose a clinical dilemma. We sought to describe our local experience with three cases of laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo partial nephrectomy, and autotransplantation. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy was performed followed...