title: Laparoscopic nephrectomy for a girl with giant hydronephrosis of a horseshoe kidney.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Yutaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohri
mesh_terms: 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*