title: Laparoscopic Nephron-sparing Surgery for Metanephric Adenoma in Children: A Report of 2 Cases.
abstract: Metanephric adenoma (MA) is an epithelial benign tumor of the kidney and very rare in children. Here we present 2 cases of MA treated by laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery in children. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first cases of laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for MA in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. Electronic address: ozdenme@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Beytullah
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yagiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Private Ada Hospitals, Giresun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atac
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bostanci
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yarkin Kamil
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yakupoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Saban
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarikaya
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009399:Nephrons / Q000601:surgery*