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Laparoscopy‐Assisted Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma in Patients on Long‐term Hemodialysis: Report of 2 Patients
Author(s) -
Watanabe Tetsuya,
Suzuki Kazuo,
Kageyama Shinji,
Ushiyama Tomomi,
Fujita Kimio,
Maruyama Yukitaka
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00419.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , hemodialysis , laparoscopy , bilateral nephrectomy , urology , surgery , carcinoma , kidney
We successfully performed a laparoscopy‐assisted radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in 2 patients on long‐term hemodialysis. Both tumors were incidentally discovered on screening by abdominal CT scanning. There were no complications during the operation or in the postoperative period, and both patients resumed normal activities by the fifth postoperative day. A laparoscopic‐assisted radical nephrectomy may be useful for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in hemodialysis patients.