Laparoscopic repair of renal artery aneurysm: a description of the technique and results in 2 cases.

Background And Purpose: Renal artery aneurysm is a rare occurrence. We report our experience in the management of 2 symptomatic renal artery aneurysms with laparoscopic approach.

Material And Methods: Two patients, male and female, mean age 44 years (range: 43 to 45 y), diagnosed with left renal artery aneurysms during routine hypertension work-up, underwent laparoscopic aneurysm reconstruction.

Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to left spermatic vein thrombosis: a case report.

Spermatic vein thrombosis is a particularly rare entity which can be difficult to diagnose. Pulmonary embolism associated with spermatic vein thrombosis is rarely seen. We report the diagnosis and management of a case at our institution and recommend spermatic vein ligation as the definite treatment for thrombosed spermatic veins associated with pulmonary thromboembolism.

Anterior transanal, transsphincteric sagittal approach for fistula repair secondary to laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a simple and effective technique.

Introduction: To report our experience with the anterior, transanal, transsphincteric, sagittal approach in the correction of rectourinary fistula secondary to laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Technical Considerations: Of the first 110 laparoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomies performed from December 2001 to February 2004, 9 (8%) were complicated by rectal injury. Of the nine rectal lesions, seven were diagnosed intraoperatively and the rectal defects closed laparoscopically.