Renal hypothermia using ice slush for retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
Renal hypothermia using ice slush for retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy was performed in 2 patients. A cylindrical device was secured in the enlarged port site. Through the device, ice slush was introduced and placed around the kidney. The nadir renal temperature under renal ischemia in the 2 patients was 18.4 degrees C and 25.8 degrees C.
Wakabayashi
Yoshihiko
Y
Department of Urology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
Narita
Mitsuhiro
M
Kim
Chul Jang
CJ
Kawakami
Takahiro
T
Yoshiki
Tatsuhiro
T
Okada
Yusaku
Y
D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007053:Ice; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D021782:Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013525:Surgical Instruments
D007053:Ice