[Urolithiasis and laparoscopy. Treatment of renal stones in special anatomical and functionnal conditions].
Laparoscopic approach is used to treat urinary lithiasis. Pyelolithotomy and ureterolithtomy being excluded from this review, indications for laparoscopy consist in treatment of calyceal diverticula, nephrectomy and/or ureterectomy for non-functioning kidneys, or laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy in ectopic kidney, horseshoe kidney or calyceal diverticula. Laparoscopy gives the benefits of a mini-invasive treatment with reduced blood loss, pain, hospital stay and recovery. In these indications, laparoscopy is still a skillfull demanding procedure.
Saussine
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Service d'urologie, hôpital Civil, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg cedex, France. Christian.Saussine@chru-strasbourg.fr
Lechevallier
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E
Traxer
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O
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010535:Laparoscopy