title: Nephrectomy, work bench surgery, and autotransplantation: a case of a solitary left kidney with an extensive centrally located renal cell carcinoma and a tumour thrombus entering the vena cava.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In patients with imperative indication, organ preserving kidney tumour surgery is state of the art. We present our management of an extensive centrally located renal cell carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was suffering from a 8x6x6cm centrally located tumour in the solitary left kidney which infiltrated the lower pole of the kidney, the hilum and built a large tumour thrombus entering the vena cava inferior. We performed a radical nephrectomy with cavotomy, tumour trombectomy and tumour resection in cold ischemia at the work bench (R0).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total ischemic time took 4 h, warm ischemic time 60 min. The pathological tumour stage was pT3b, pN0, R0. During 17 mo of aftercare, the patient was free of metastatic disease and without complaints (serum creatinine actually 1.6 mg/dl).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hemodialysis reduces the quality of life for 30-40%, the mean mortality rate on hemodialysis is 13% per patient year. To prevend patients from hemodialysis, nephrectomy, work bench surgery and autotransplantation, even in large centrally located tumours and multimorbid patients should be considered to maintain quality and to extend expectancy of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany. helene.kemmer@uniklinikum-saarland.de
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kemmer
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siemer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stöckle
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery