Laparoscopic nephrectomy with vaginal delivery of the intact kidney.
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.
Breda
G
G
Department of Urology, Bassano del Grappa Hospital, Italy.
Silvestre
P
P
Giunta
A
A
Xausa
D
D
Tamai
A
A
Gherardi
L
L
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina