title: Laparoscopic subcapsular nephrectomy.
abstract: A 26-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease secondary to vesicoureteral reflux and recurrent pyelonephritis was referred for bilateral native nephrectomy. A transperitoneal laparoscopic approach was used. Extremely dense fibrosis was encountered around the left kidney during the dissection. A left laparoscopic subcapsular nephrectomy and a right extracapsular nephrectomy were performed. The indications and surgical technique for laparoscopic subcapsular nephrectomy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hedican
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology