Retroperitoneoscopic renal pelvis resection as treatment of the urothelial tumor in a solitary kidney.
Urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract is relatively rare. The standard treatment is invariably radical nephroureterectomy. In selected cases organ sparing surgery is justified. We present the case of the tumor of the kidney pelvis in a solitary organ where laparoscopic approach was successfully applied.
Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Mateusz
M
Wojtarowicz
Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Marcin
M
Słojewski
Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Adam
A
Gołąb
Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Piotr
P
Petrasz
laparoscopy; organ sparing; transitional cell carcinoma