Simple nephrectomy in a young woman for recurrent pyelonephritis utilizing laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) | Zendy

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Simple nephrectomy in a young woman for recurrent pyelonephritis utilizing laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)

Author(s) -

Mark 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.

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