Hand-assisted laparoscopic renal surgery: hand-port incision complications.

Background And Purpose: Hand-assisted laparoscopic (HAL) renal surgery is an accepted standard of practice. We report our complications at the hand port-site incision in various HAL urologic procedures.

Patients And Methods: Data and follow-up were complete for 54 patients who underwent HAL nephrectomy.

Bilateral renal calculi: assessment of staged v synchronous percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Background And Purpose: Percutaneous stone removal has replaced open renal surgery and has become the treatment of choice for large or complex renal calculi. However, patients with large bilateral stone burdens still present a challenge. Simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been demonstrated to be a well-tolerated, safe, cost-effective, and expeditious treatment.