Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has established its role as a standard of care for the management of renal neoplasms. Long term follow-up has demonstrated laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has shorter patient hospitalization and effective cancer control, with no significant difference in survival compared with open radical nephrectomy. For renal masses less than 4cm, partial nephrectomy is indi...

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...

Living-donor kidney transplantation is one of the treatment options end-stage renal failure. In many transplant centers, laparoscopic live-donor recognised as standard pro- cedure. Chylous ascites (CA) a very rare complication after donor nephrectomy (LDN). We aimed to present management first case report in Turkey. 62-year-old male patient underwent transperitoneal left nephrectomy. One month ...

In 2007, Rane presented the first single port nephrectomy for a small non-functioning kidney at the World Congress of Endourology. Since that time, the use of single port surgery for nephrectomy has expanded to include donor nephrectomy. Over the next two years the technique was adopted for many others types of nephrectomies to include donor nephrectomy. We present our technique for single port...

INTRODUCTION To review oncological and functional outcomes for partial nephrectomy in the setting of T2 tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a comprehensive literature review on partial nephrectomy for T2 tumors, focusing on major primary series reporting oncological and functional outcomes, as well as complication rates in the last 10 years. RESULTS Recent series have reported compar...

PURPOSE Open partial nephrectomy has proven long-term oncological efficacy. Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy are pending. We present the long-term outcomes of patients undergoing laparoscopic or open partial nephrectomy for a single cT1 renal cortical tumor 7 cm or less. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 2,246 patients undergoing partial nephrectomy for a single cT1 tumor (1999 t...

Aim: To report the indications, approach and complications of nephrectomy in urology department University Hospital Conakry. Material methods: Retrospective descriptive study 10 years duration, from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 216, on 34 patients who underwent nephrectomy. The parameters studied were: age, sex, operative indication, approach, type nephrectomy, postoperative morbidity morta...

BACKGROUND Native nephrectomy (NNx) is often done in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Controversy exists concerning the need and timing of nephrectomy in transplant candidates. We hypothesize that post-transplant NNx does not negatively impact patient and graft survival. METHODS Among 470 ADPKD transplant recipients included in the study, 114 (24.3%) underwe...

BACKGROUND Partial nephrectomy has been considered an effective and efficient method in the treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma. Herein, we retrospectively review our experience with partial nephrectomy in the treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma and compared it with patients who received radical nephrectomy. METHODS From 1982 to 2005, 35 patients who received partial nephrecto...

OBJECTIVES The provision of complex surgery is increasingly centralised to high-volume (HV) specialist hospitals. Evidence to support nephrectomy centralisation however has been inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the association between hospital case volumes and perioperative outcomes in radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy and nephrectomy with ven...