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[Total nephrectomy in children: 11 years of experience in 80 cases]
A Bouhafs1, A Dendane, D Azzouzi
1Service de chirurgie pédiatrique C, hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, 15, lotissement Fanida et Leïla Souissi, Rabat 10000, Maroc. samiraothmani@iam.net.ma
Annales D'Urologie
|May 14, 2003
Abstract:
Nephrectomy in childhood is an ultimate indication. It is realised in case of severe deterioration of the renal function or neoplastic affection of the kidney. We report a retrospective study on a series of 80 patients. Mean age was 5 years with extremes from 2 months to 14 years. Abdominal mass, pain, infection and haematuria were the mostly encountered revealing symptoms. The main aetiology was nephroblastoma. No laparoscopic nephrectomy was realised. Follow-up was uneventful except for the troubles existing prior to surgery.