Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in children: equivalent clearance rates to adults is achieved with fewer and lower energy shock waves.

Objective: To compare the outcome, safety and efficiency of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) using an electromagnetic lithotripter for upper urinary tract stones in children and adults.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data over a 5-year period for patients with solitary, renal and upper ureteric stones measuring <2 cm in whom ESWL was the treatment method. Group A consisted of 44 children (mean [SD] age 5.

Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy versus open radical nephrectomy in T1-T3 renal tumors: An outcome analysis.

Aims: To compare laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) with open radical nephrectomy (ORN) in T1-T3 renal lesions.

Materials And Methods: The records of 65 patients who underwent LRN between January 2002 and December 2006 were entered prospectively in a database. The patients were compared with 56 patients who had undergone ORN between January 2000 and December 2005.

Pretransplant laparoscopic nephrectomy in adult polycystic kidney disease: a single centre experience.

Objective: To report our experience with pretransplant laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), as ADPKD often progresses to end-stage renal disease and most azotaemic patients with ADPKD have enlarged kidneys, making graft placement difficult.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 13 patients with renal failure attributable to ADPKD who underwent pretransplant laparoscopic nephrectomy (21 renal units) from August 2002 to December 2006. Five patients had a unilateral nephrectomy, seven had a staged bilateral nephrectomy, and one had a simultaneous bilateral nephrectomy.

Simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a single-center experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SBPCNL) for bilateral renal calculus disease.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from June 1996 to February 2006 involving 38 male and 7 female patients with a mean age of 44 years (range 5-73 years) with 90 affected renal units who underwent SBPCNL under general anesthesia. Those patients with established nephrostomy tracts were excluded from the study group.

Outcome of renal transplantation with multiple versus single renal arteries after laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: a comparative study.

Objectives: To compare donor morbidity and recipient outcomes in patients with a single artery versus multiple arteries undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Methods: A total of 303 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies were performed. Data from the group with multiple arteries (n = 27) (group I) were compared with those from the groups with single renal artery (n = 245) (group IIA) and early branching renal artery resulting in two artery recipient anastomoses (n = 31) (group IIB), in terms of donor and recipient outcomes.