Open AccessPercutaneous nephroscopic resection of pyelocaliceal transitional cell carcinoma in solitary kidney
Author(s) -
Bo Yang,
Wei Sun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.127027
Subject(s) - medicine , renal pelvis , transitional cell carcinoma , percutaneous , resection , urology , upper urinary tract , surgery , pelvis , kidney , ureter , urinary system , cancer , bladder cancer
Percutaneous approaches to upper tract urothelial cancers have been performed in patients unsuitable for radical nephroureterectomy. We present two cases of transitional cell carcinoma involving the renal pelvis in either functional or anatomical solitary kidney, which were successfully treated by percutaneous nephroscopic resection using monopolar electrocautery.