title: [Laparoscopic pyeloplasty. Our experience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report our experience with laparoscopic pyeloplasty in the treatment of pyeloureteral junction obstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between August 2001 and August 2004 14 patients with the diagnosis of pyeloureteral junction obstruction underwent laparoscopic repair. Seven cases had the obstruction on the left side and the other seven on the right side. We describe the technique of laparoscopic dismembered Anderson-Hynes type pyeloplasty, performed to 12 patients in our series. The remainder 2 patients underwent Foley's Y-V plasty and the Fenger's technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean operative time was 199.7 minutes (r: 126-290). There were not intraoperative complications. Mean hospital stay was 4.63 days (r: 3-9). One case of double J catheter obstruction can be cited as late postoperative complication. Only one of the 14 cases suffered a recurrence of the stenosis after double J catheter retrieval.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic pyeloplasty has become the operation of choice in cases of hydronephrosis secondary to crossing vessel, when there is great pyelic dilation, and for the treatment of failures of previous endopyelotomy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Pío del Río Hortega, Valladolid, España. navafrial1995@telefonica.net
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: del Valle González
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Estébanez Zarranz
authors.forename: Consuelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conde Redondo
authors.forename: José Heriberto
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Amón Sesmero
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robles Samaniego
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castroviejo Royo
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cepeda Delgado
authors.forename: José Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez-Sagarra Oceja
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*