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Laparoscopic pretransplant nephrectomy with morcellation in autosomic-dominant polycystic kidney disease patients with end-stage renal disease

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Background

Laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN) in end-stage autosomic-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) requires a large abdominal incision for the specimen extraction.

Objective

The objective of this study was to describe our technique of LN for end-stage ADPKD followed by morcellation (LNM) of the specimen and extraction through a minimal abdominal incision.

Methods

The medical records of 19 consecutive patients who underwent pretransplant LNM between 2008 and 2011 by a single experienced laparoscopic surgeon were analyzed. Morcellation was performed with the Gynecare Morcellex™ Tissue morcellator, Ethicon.

Results and limitations

All cases but one were completed laparoscopically. Mean specimen weight was 1,026.8 g. Mean duration of the procedure, estimated blood loss, and hospital stay were 131.3 min, 52.1 ml, and 7.9 days, respectively. Specimens were extracted through a 12-mm trocar in 10/18 patients and through a 3-cm incision in 9/18 cases. Postoperatively, three complications were observed (Clavien grades II, I, and II). The only case of incisional hernia was observed in the converted procedure. Major limitation of the study is its retrospective design.

Conclusions

In our preliminary series and in the hands of a very experienced laparoscopist, LNM for ADPKD appears as a modern, mini-invasive, and safe technique. Specimen’s extraction through a small abdominal incision reduces postoperative pain and incisional hernias and guarantees the final cosmetic result of laparoscopy. The reduced overall morbidity could reduce the period between nephrectomy and transplantation.

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Asimakopoulos, Gaston, Miano, Annino, Mugnier, Dutto, Vespasiani, Spera, Hoepffner, and Piechaud have no conflict of interests or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. UOC of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Policlinico Casilino, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Anastasios D. Asimakopoulos, Lorenzo Dutto & Enrico Spera

  2. Division of Urology, Clinique Saint-Augustin, Bordeaux, France

    Anastasios D. Asimakopoulos, Richard Gaston, Filippo Annino, Camille Mugnier, Jean-Luc Hoepffner & Thierry Piechaud

  3. UOC of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Tor Vergata, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Miano & Giuseppe Vespasiani

  4. U.O. Urologia, Ospedale San Donato, Arezzo, Italy

    Filippo Annino

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Asimakopoulos, A.D., Gaston, R., Miano, R. et al. Laparoscopic pretransplant nephrectomy with morcellation in autosomic-dominant polycystic kidney disease patients with end-stage renal disease. Surg Endosc 29, 236–244 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3663-y

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