Maestroni Umberto, Ferretti Stefania, Dinale Francesco, Fornia Samanta, Ziglioli Francesco
Unit of Urology, Surgical Department, University-Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2011 Jun;83(2):99-101.
As it is well known, the gold-standard to treat ureteric and pelvi-caliceal transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is nephroureterectomy. Nevertheless, in particular circumstances, such as solitary kidney, a more conservative treatment is needed. Conservative treatment has been reported for low-grade TCC, also. In this paper we discuss the laparoscopic approach to low-grade ureteric TCC in patients with otherwise normal urinary tract. After reporting a case of a patient treated with this approach, we deal with some technical aspect of the surgical procedure and with the pre-operative and post-operative management of the patient.
