We present the case of an incarcerated Spigelian hernia that manifested 24 hours after a laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy. The differential diagnosis, proposed management, and a review of the literature is presented. Bowel obstruction occurring within a few days following laparoscopic surgery is most often attributed to a hernia at a trocar site. In the case of living-donor nephrectomy. th...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopy has emerged as the preferred option for the surgical management of kidney cancer. Although many reports have been published regarding the operative outcome of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and upper-tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCCA) treated laparoscopically, few review the oncologic outcome of these pathologies treated with laparoscopic techniques. METHODS We review...

In comparison to an open procedure, the laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has demonstrated advantages in regard to perioperative morbidity, postoperative pain, time of hospitalization, and convalescence. However, most series of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy are confined to T1 tumors. The authors present a case of a large-volume- T2 renal tumor treated laparoscopically. The aim of the study is...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the early postoperative pulmonary function and arterial blood gases in patients who have undergone open versus laparoscopic nephrectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty patients were randomly assigned to undergo laparoscopic (LN, n=20) or open nephrectomy (ON, n=20). Pulmonary function tests including forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), forc...

Minimally invasive live donor nephrectomy has been described using both standard laparoscopic dissection and "gasless" endoscopically assisted techniques. We report another method, hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, which uses an occlusive sleeve to maintain pneumoperitoneum. The procedure is performed under excellent laparoscopic visualization in a generous operative field, and...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has provided advantages of decreased postoperative pain and length of stay when compared to the open approach. We provide our results of same-day discharge for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. CASE PRESENTATION We examined the safety and efficacy of same-day discharge for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in a retrospective cohort analysis. This institu...

Laparoscopic nephrectomy has been established as the standard of care for the management of benign non-functioning kidneys and has gained worldwide popularity over the past decade. In this article, we have reviewed the current literature to elucidate the indications, contraindications, surgical techniques, results and complications of laparoscopic nephrectomy.

objective: Herein, laparoscopic retroperitoneal radical nephrectomy in a pregnant woman is presented. Pathology report revealed renal cell carcinoma and patient was discharged on postoperative day-3. Postoperative follow-up was uneventful and she gave a healthy birth. Laparoscopic retroperitoneal radical nephrectomy is safe and feasible on pregnant patients.

Ž. (2014) Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with diode laser: a promising technique. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 32 (2). pp. 5 Abstract Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate application of diode laser in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and to question this technique in terms of ease of tumor excision and reduction of warm ischaemia time (WIT).

Open partial nephrectomy is the gold standard nephron-sparing treatment for small renal tumors. Technical aspects of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy have evolved considerably, and the technique is approaching established status at our institution. Over the past 4 years, the senior author has performed more than 400 laparoscopic partial nephrectomies at the Cleveland Clinic. Herein we present o...