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Retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy of a horseshoe kidney in a child

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Retroperitoneoscopic heminephrectomy used to manage a horseshoe kidney in a 15-month-old boy is reported. The surgery was decided after a progressive increase of arterial blood pressure in the patient followed for poor kidney functioning resulting from vesicoureteral reflux in both ureters of the left duplex moiety of a horseshoe kidney. The retroperitoneoscopy was conducted with three trocars: a 10-mm port inserted under direct vision at the extremity of the left 12th rib and two 5-mm operating trocars. Division of the isthmus was performed using an ultrasonic scalpel. Duration of the pneumoretroperitoneum was 115 min. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 4. At 2 years postoperatively, the patient’s arterial blood pressure was normal without treatment. The authors conclude that retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy for horseshoe kidney is safe and feasible in children, offering all the advantages of minimally invasive surgical procedures.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, Chu de Nantes Cedex, 44 093 Nantes, France

    M. -D. Leclair, C. Camby, C. Capito, G. Podevin & Y. Heloury

  2. Department of Pediatric Anaesthesiology, Chu de Nantes Cedex, 44 093 Nantes, France

    A. de Windt

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Leclair, MD., Camby, C., Capito, C. et al. Retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy of a horseshoe kidney in a child . Surg Endosc 17, 1156 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-002-4287-1

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