Simultaneous surgical management of bilateral hypernephroma: an alternative therapy.
Herein are reported 2 cases of bilateral hypernephroma treated by simultaneous bilateral partial hephrectomy. One patient died of a myocardial infarction 3 years postoperatively and the other is well 30 months postoperatively. Bilateral partial nephrectomy is proposed as an alternative to bilateral nephrectomy and homotransplantation.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous