Open AccessSimple nephrectomy in a young woman for recurrent pyelonephritis utilizing laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)
Author(s) -
Mark A. Preston,
James Watterson,
Brian Blew
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.737
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , reflux nephropathy , surgery , kidney , general surgery , reflux , vesicoureteral reflux , disease
Minimally invasive surgery is rapidly evolving due to new technologyand techniques designed to improve patient outcomes. Wereport a case of a young woman with an atrophic kidney secondaryto reflux nephropathy, suffering from recurrent episodes of pyelonephritis.She was treated successfully using laparoendoscopicsingle-site surgery (LESS). We also present a review of the literature.