Laparoscopic nephrectomy for a girl with giant hydronephrosis of a horseshoe kidney.
We report our experience of laparoscopic nephrectomy on a girl with giant hydronephrosis of a horseshoe kidney. An 8-year-old girl presented with a 4-month history of right abdominal pain. We performed laparoscopic nephrectomy for the non-functioning moiety of a horseshoe kidney secondary to uretero-pelvic junction obstruction. Laparoscopic nephrectomy is a feasible and safe method with good indications especially for children with a horseshoe kidney disease.
Kojima
Yoshiyuki
Y
Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan. ykojima@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
Hayashi
Yutaro
Y
Yasui
Takahiro
T
Itoh
Yasunori
Y
Maruyama
Tetsuji
T
Kohri
Kenjiro
K
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*