[Laparoscopic treatment of symptomatic calculous diverticulum of the calyx]

Treatment of urinary stones in a caliceal diverticulum may be indicated when they are symptomatic. Operative techniques for the kidney are continuing to improve. After open surgery and percutaneous surgery, laparoscopy occupies an increasingly important place in the urological therapeutic armamentarium over recent years. The authors report the case of a woman with a stone in an inferior caliceal diverticulum, discovered in the context of acute pyelonephritis, and effectively treated by transperitoneal laparoscopy. The details of the operative technique are described and discussed in relation to the techniques reported in the literature.