Single-session laparoscopic total urinary tract exenteration without repositioning for multifocal urothelial carcinoma in dialysis-dependent patients

Urology
Victor C LinTsan Jung Yu

Abstract

To report our experience of single-session, en bloc, laparoscopic total urinary tract exenteration in dialysis-dependent patients with multifocal urothelial carcinoma. From June 2005 to April 2008, 5 dialysis-dependent patients (4 women and 1 man) diagnosed with synchronous upper urinary tract and bladder urothelial carcinoma underwent single-session, en bloc, laparoscopic total urinary tract exenteration. Bilateral nephroureterectomy was facilitated by rotating the operating table with or without alternative inflation of the tourniquet cuffs on either side of the patient's back to allow adequate spontaneous bowel displacement by gravity, thereby avoiding the need to reposition the patient. After completing bilateral nephroureterectomy, we performed radical cystectomy with the patient in the Trendelenburg position. All specimens, including the 2 kidneys, ureters, and bladder, were collected in an endobag and were intended to be retrieved using the Pfannenstiel incision in male patients and the vaginal route in the female patients. The demographic and perioperative information were collected and analyzed. All the laparoscopic procedures were completed successfully without major complications. Although 1 patient developed a minor...Continue Reading

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