Kitamura Hiroshi, Tanaka Toshiaki, Miyamoto Daisuke, Inomata Hitoshi, Hatakeyama Jun-Ichi
Department of Urology, Yakumo General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
J Endourol. 2003 Dec;17(10):907-8. doi: 10.1089/089277903772036253.
A 55-year-old man had a solid tumor in the right part of a horseshoe kidney. He had previously undergone open cholecystectomy and appendectomy with panperitonitis. Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy was performed, with rapid recovery and good short-term results. This appears to be the first case of endoscopic surgery on a horseshoe kidney using ultrasonic shears for cancer.
