title: Laparoscopic nephrectomy with vaginal delivery of the intact kidney.
abstract: The first case of laparoscopic nephrectomy in Italy is described. The patient was a 51-year-old woman with a small, nonfunctional, tuberculous left kidney. The organ, once detached from its lumbar site, was brought in to the pelvic cavity and extracted from the body via a posterior colpotomy. In this way, the integrity of the organ is preserved, hence, this could be the preferable route when dealing with a little kidney tumor in a woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Bassano del Grappa Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Breda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xausa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gherardi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina