Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in a renal allograft recipient.
In the current immunosuppression era, most renal transplant recipients with a functioning allograft are living healthier and longer lives. In men, because of prostate-specific antigen screening, more patients are diagnosed with early prostate cancer and offered curative treatment with radical prostatectomy. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is an accepted minimally invasive treatment for a middle-aged man with organ-confined prostate cancer. To our knowledge, laparoscopic prostatectomy has not yet been reported in renal transplant recipients. This is a case report of laparoscopic prostatectomy for biopsy-proven localized prostate cancer in a renal transplant recipient.
Shah
Ketul K
KK
Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. shahkk74@gmail.com
Ko
Dicken S C
DS
Mercer
Jonathan
J
Dahl
Douglas M
DM
D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*