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Retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy in children: a multicentric international comparative study between lateral versus prone approach

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Background

Very limited informations are currently available about the best approach to perform retroperitoneoscopic surgery. This multicentric international study aimed to compare the outcome of lateral versus prone approach for retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy (RPN) in children.

Methods

The records of 164 patients underwent RPN in 7 international centers of pediatric surgery over the last 5 years were retrospectively reviewed. Sixty-one patients (42 girls and 19 boys, average age 3.8 years) were operated using lateral approach (G1), whereas 103 patients (66 girls and 37 boys, average age 3.0 years) underwent prone RPN (G2). The two groups were compared in regard to operative time, postoperative outcome, postoperative complications, and re-operations.

Results

The average operative time was significantly shorter in G2 (99 min) compared to G1 (160 min) (p = 0.001). Only 2 lateral RPN required conversion to open surgery. There was no significant difference between the two groups as for intraoperative complications (G1:2/61, 3.3%; G2:6/103, 5.8%; p = 0.48), postoperative complications (G1:9/61, 14.7%; G2:17/103, 16.5%; p = 0.80), and re-operations (G1:2/61, 3.3%; G2:4/103, 3.8%; p = 0.85). Regarding postoperative complications, the incidence of symptomatic residual distal ureteric stumps (RDUS) was significantly higher in G2 (7/103, 6.8%) compared to G1 (1/61, 1.6%) (p = 0.001). Most re-operations (4/6, 66.6%) were performed to remove a RDUS .

Conclusions

Both lateral and prone approach are feasible and reasonably safe to perform RPN in children but the superiority of one approach over another is not still confirmed. Although prone technique resulted faster compared to lateral approach, the choice of the technique remains dependent on the surgeon’s personal preference and experience. Our results would suggest that the lateral approach should be preferred to the prone technique when a longer ureterectomy is required, for example in cases of vesico-ureteral reflux into the affected kidney moiety, in order to avoid to leave a long ureteric stump that could become symptomatic and require a re-intervention.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Federico II University of Naples, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Maria Escolino & Ciro Esposito

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Buzzi Children Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Giovanna Riccipetitoni

  3. Division of Pediatric Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Atsuyuki Yamataka & Go Miyano

  4. Division of Pediatric Urology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

    Imran Mushtaq

  5. Division of Pediatric Urology, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Caione

  6. Division of Pediatric Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

    Fabio Chiarenza

  7. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Mater and Royal Children’s Hospitals, Brisbane, Australia

    Peter Borzi

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Drs Maria Escolino, Giovanna Riccipetitoni, Atsuyuki Yamataka, Imran Mushtaq, Go Miyano, Paolo Caione, Fabio Chiarenza, Peter Borzi, and Ciro Esposito declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Escolino, M., Riccipetitoni, G., Yamataka, A. et al. Retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy in children: a multicentric international comparative study between lateral versus prone approach. Surg Endosc 33, 832–839 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6349-z

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