Laparoscopic removal of local renal cell carcinoma recurrence.

Purpose: To describe an entirely laparoscopic technique for excising a recurrence of local renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Materials And Methods: The patient is placed in a full flank position. A 10-mm trocar is inserted using Hasson's technique with three additional ports in the upper abdomen.

Concomitant laparoscopic renal surgery and cholecystectomy: outcomes and technical considerations.

Introduction: We report our experience with simultaneous laparoscopic treatment of coexisting kidney and gallbladder pathologies, assess the feasibility of this technique, and highlight some technical considerations.

Methods: Our institutional database was searched for the records of simultaneous laparoscopic kidney surgery and laparoscopic cholecystectomy between 2002 and 2008. We retrieved data on patient demographics, preoperative work-up, surgical information, and postoperative outcome in terms of final pathology, complications, and hospital stay.

Laparoscopic treatment of colovesical fistulas: technique and review of the literature.

Colovesical fistula is an uncommon complication of diverticulitis. We present our technique of a laparoscopic approach for treatment of vesicosigmoid fistulas and review the available published literature. We believe that a laparoscopic approach is a feasible and advantageous alternative for the treatment of colovesical fistulas, with low morbidity and short hospital stay.

Abdominal wall closure with a silastic patch after repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Hypothesis: Newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have a high risk of mortality, ranging from 50% to 70%. Tensioned closure of the narrowed abdominal cavity is detrimental.

Patients And Methods: Twelve high-risk newborns underwent operation for CDH.