Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the results of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with open donor nephrectomy. Methods: A non-randomized prospective analysis was conducted of living donor kidney transplantations (118 open donor nephrectomies; 57 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies) between January 2005 and December 2007 in the Kidney Transplantation Unit of Hospital das Clínicas of Fa...

OBJECTIVE Prolonged warm ischemia time and increased intra-abdominal pressure caused by pneumoperitoneum during a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy could enhance renal ischemia reperfusion injury. For this reason, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy may be associated with a slower graft function recovery. However, an adequate protective response may balance the ischemia reperfusion damage. This study i...

PURPOSE We performed a meta-analysis of the literature to define the current expectations of complications during laparoscopic renal surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS References were searched in the MEDLINE database from 1995 to 2004 using the terms complications and laparoscopic nephrectomy. Inclusion criteria were any series with greater than 20 cases, patient age older than 16 years and any c...

BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common malignancy of the urinary system with high rates of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate and analyze the clinical efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for the treatment of small RCC. METHODS In this retrospective study of 45 patients with small RCC, t...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has emerged as a standard of care in appropriate candidates with clinical stage T1 renal tumors (7 cm or less). Herein we present our experience with laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for clinical stage T2 tumors (greater than 7 cm). MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients undergoing laparoscopic radical nephrectomy between September 1997 and July 2003 were retr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Historically, nephrectomy for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease was performed by an open technique. We performed this study to compare outcomes in hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy with open nephrectomy in this population. METHODS Charts of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease who underwent nephrectomy by a transplant surgeon fro...

PURPOSE To report the 5-year oncological outcomes of patients undergoing laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for renal cancer compared to a cohort of patients undergoing open radical nephrectomy. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the data of 88 patients undergoing radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma prior to January 2000. Of these, 45 patients underwent laparoscopic radical nephrectom...

The closure of the renal defect is the most challenging part of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy when suturing is required. The author presents a method of creating and using suturing material for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy that has been developed over several hundred cases at the author's institution. These techniques can be used to simplify the task of suturing during laparoscopic parti...

AIM To visit the operative technique and to review the current published English literature on the technique, and outcomes following robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RPN). MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched the published English literature and the PubMed(()) for published series of 'robotic partial nephrectomy' (RPN) using the keywords; robot, robot-assisted laparoscopic partia...

conclusions using ginger essence was effective in reducing nausea and vomiting not only in the subjects who underwent open nephrectomy but also in the subjects of laparoscopic nephrectomy. using ginger essence is suggested as a complementary remedy to prevent and treat post-operative nausea and vomiting in patients with nephrectomy. background some studies reported that ginger was effective in ...