Nitric oxide (NO) level in serum and renal tissue has been examined in 15 male Wistar rats, body weight 200-250 g, 7 days after unilateral nephrectomy. All rats were ether-anaesthetized and the kidneys were removed by dorsolateral approach. NO concentration in serum and renal tissue was determined by classic colorimetric Griess reaction. Conversion of NO(3)(2-) into NO(2)(2-) was done with elem...

INTRODUCTION Two-dimensional laparoscopy for living donor nephrectomy is the current standard of care. We report the first case of three-dimensional laparoscopy for living-donor nephrectomy with vaginal extraction. PRESENTATION OF CASE The procedure was performed in a 66-year-old woman donating his left kidney to her son with the HD S 3D column (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany). Preoperative ...

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...

Studies of gastrin metabolism were performed in four dogs before and after nephrectomy. Synthetic human gastrin I was infused for two hours and serum samples were obtained at various times during and after infusion. Serum concentrations of gastrin were measured by radioimmunoassay. A two-compartment model was employed to calculate half-lives under each of four experimental conditions, low and h...

OBJECTIVE To review case series of retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomies. METHODS Between May 2003 and May 2006, 60 laparoscopic nephrectomies were performed by a single surgeon. Laparoscopic route for nephrectomy was retroperitoneal in 50 cases and transperitoneal in 10 cases. RESULTS The patients included 37 males and 23 females. The mean age was 18.5 +/- 16.6 years and ranged from 2...

OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic nephrectomy for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is currently associated with great operative difficulty and surgical complications. Herein, we report on our single-center experience and describe predictive factors for successfully accomplishing this procedure. METHOD Between March 1998 and April 2010, 66 patients (27 men and 39 women) underwent laparoscopic nephrect...

Acute kidney injury frequently occurs in the critically ill and often progresses into multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, resulting in high mortality. We previously showed that nephrectomized mice had increased interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α that directly contributed to systemic inflammation and hepatic injury. In this study, we examined whether patients undergoing laparoscop...

BACKGROUND We studied the cases with T 4 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to characterize the factors associated with prolonged survival and to clarify the indication of extended nephrectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 53 patients (44 male and 9 female) with pT 4 RCC treated at the Yokohama City University Hospital and its affiliated hospitals from 1965 to 1994. Surviva...

Aim of Study: To demonstrate our preliminary experience on laparoscopic nephrectomy at the Urology Department of the Armed Forces Hospital-Southern Region (AFH-SR), Saudi Arabia. Patients and Methods: During the period from April 2011 till March 2012, a total 25 laparoscopic nephrectomies of 25 patients with renal pathology such as non-functioning kidney and renal tumor underwent laparoscopic t...

OBJECTIVE • To establish its current status, this study reviews the literature, and reports developments in robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RPN), highlighting results from various studies that investigate the oncological and functional efficacy of RPN. Partial nephrectomy has become the standard therapy for the management of small renal masses. In an effort to overcome the perioperative m...