Department of Urology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Since 1998, we have performed minimum incision endoscopic surgery (MIES) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). For seven dialysis patients with bilateral RCC, we have performed sequential bilateral MIES radical nephrectomy. It was carried out by retroperitoneal approach through a single minimum incision that narrowly permitted extraction of the specimen using endoscopy and direct stereovision, without trocar ports, without gas insufflation and without the insertion of the hands of operators into the operative field. Although six of the seven patients had multiple complications in addition to chronic renal failure (CRF), bilateral kidneys were successfully removed by sequential MIES radical nephrectomy without major operative complication. Postoperative recovery was prompt with all patients resuming oral feeding and walking by the second postoperative day. Sequential bilateral MIES radical nephrectomy, leaving the peritoneal cavity intact and without imposing circulatory stress caused by gas insufflation, is a feasible treatment for bilateral RCCs in dialysis patients.

Written by
Sakura M, Kawakami S, Masuda H, Kobayashi T, Kageyama Y, Kihara K.

Reference
Int J Urol. 2007 Dec;14(12):1109-12
doi:10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01906.x

PubMed Abstract
PMID:18036055

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