Resection of isolated fossa recurrence of renal-cell carcinoma after nephrectomy using hand-assisted laparoscopy.
A 72-year-old woman with a body mass index of 33.6 had an apparently isolated renal fossa recurrence of a Grade II, Stage T(3) renal-cell carcinoma. The lesion was resected using hand-assisted laparoscopy with rapid recovery and good short-term results.
Nakada
Stephen Y
SY
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 600 Highland Avenue, G5/339 CSC, Madison, WI 53892-3236, USA.
Johnson
D Brooke
DB
Hahnfield
Lynn
L
Jarrard
David F
DF
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome