title: Laparoscopy-assisted radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in patients on long-term hemodialysis: report of 2 patients.
abstract: We successfully performed a laparoscopy-assisted radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in 2 patients on long-term hemodialysis. Both tumors were incidentally discovered on screening by abdominal CT scanning. There were no complications during the operation or in the postoperative period, and both patients resumed normal activities by the fifth postoperative day. A laparoscopic-assisted radical nephrectomy may be useful for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in hemodialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushiyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed