Nephron-sparing surgery for renal tumours: acceleration and facilitation of the laparoscopic technique.

Objective: Present our surgical technique for and experience with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) for renal tumours during warm ischaemia.

Methods: Twenty-five patients underwent LPN during warm ischaemia via a transperitoneal four-trocar approach. Mean tumour size was 26.

Treatment of radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis with laparoscopic cystoprostatectomy.

Hemorrhagic cystitis can occur 6 months to 10 years after pelvic irradiation. Various palliative treatment alternatives may be unsuccessful in the management of severe hemorrhagic cystitis, so that in rare cases radical surgery will be the last resort.A 77-year-old man with persistent bleeding due to hemorrhagic cystitis after radiotherapy for prostate cancer was initially treated with conservative measures.