Santosh Kumar Agrawal1, Saurabh Sudhir Chipde1, Pallavi Agrawal2
1 Department of Urology and Renal Transplant, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Gynecology and Obstretics, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136286

ABSTRACT    

Laparoscopic heminephrectomy in patients with horseshoe kidney is technically challenging procedure and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Various approaches have been described for handling the isthmus. We report the management of a case of symptomatic nonfunctioning right moiety of a horseshoe kidney secondary to ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction using Ligasure TM for vessel sealing and division of isthmus. We discuss here the various challenges during laparoscopic heminephrectomy and ways and tricks to deal with.

Keywords: Horseshoe kidney, laparoscopy, nephrectomy

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