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Laparoscopic nephrectomy for a single-system ectopic ureter draining a small, dysplastic and poorly functioning kidney in children

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Authors

Jeong, Byong Chang; Lim, Dae Jung; Lee, Sang Chul; Choi, Hwang; Kim, Hyeon Hoe

Issue Date
2007-02-17
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
Citation
Int J Urol. 2007 Feb;14(2):104-7.
Keywords
Abnormalities, Multiple/*surgeryAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansKidney/*abnormalities/*surgeryNephrectomy/*methodsUreter/*abnormalities/*surgeryLaparoscopy
Abstract
PURPOSES: To assess the efficacy of laparoscopic nephrectomy for a single-system ectopic ureter draining a dysplastic kidney in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between February 1999 and September 2005, 16 girls with a mean age of 6.2 years (range: 2-15 years) presented with urinary incontinence accompanied by regular voiding since birth (15 patients) and vaginitis (one patient). Ultrasonography, intravenous urography and a 99mTc-DMSA renal scan showed the presence of only a single kidney in all cases. Computed tomography (CT) showed a dysplastic kidney definitely in nine patients, structures suspicious of dysplastic kidney in three cases, and no dysplastic kidney in four cases. Magnetic resonance imaging was carried out in the four cases with non-visualized dysplastic kidneys by CT, and showed a suspicious lesion in only one case, and no lesion in the other three patients. All patients underwent transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy for a dysplastic kidney. RESULTS: Laparoscopy identifies all dysplastic kidneys easily, even in those cases in which dystrophic kidney could not be identified by preoperative imaging. Dysplastic kidneys and ectopic ureters were removed successfully in all 16 patients. Mean operative time was 109 min (range: 40-155 min) with little intraoperative bleeding. Mean postoperative hospital stay was 2.6 days (range: 2-4 days). No intraoperative complication was encountered, except in one single case, in which a small bowel injury occurred during open Hasson's procedure. All patients became dry soon after the operation. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic nephrectomy for an ectopic ureter draining into a dysplastic kidney is a safe and effective method, and can be carried out successfully, despite a failure by preoperative imaging studies to localize the dysplastic kidney.
ISSN
0919-8172 (Print)
Language
English
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17302564

https://hdl.handle.net/10371/15956
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01673.x
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