Laparoscopic pyelolithotomy in pelvic ectopic kidney: Case report and literature review
Lucia Polanco Pujol1, Gonzalo Bueno Chomon1, Jorge Caño Velasco1
1Departamento de Urología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Introduction:
Pelvic kidney is a rare congenital anomaly. The ectopic kidney is more susceptible to developing lithiasis. The management of this type of lithiasis is a challenge. The objective of this paper was to conduct a review of available literature on the treatment of stone in ectopic kidney.
Material And Methods:
Description of a case of transperitoneal laparoscopic pyelolithotomy for the treatment of inferior calyceal lithiasis in a right pelvic kidney. A literature review was performed by using Pubmed. The following terms and combination terms were searched: "pelvic ectopic kidney", "ureterorenoscopy", "extracorporeal lithotripsy", "PCNL", "pyelolithotomy". We incluyed original articles, meta-analysis, review and case reports.
Results:
130 articles were excluded by title or duplication. 62 abstracts articles and them 50 full text articles were evaluated. Stone free rate were 75% (SLW), 85% (URSf), 85%-90% (PCNL) and 100% (laparoscopic pyelolithotomy). The literature on treatment on pelvic kidney is poor.
Conclusion:
Factors such stone size, density and location, and upper urinary tract abnormalities, influence the choice of therapeutic approach (retrograde, percutaneous and/or laparoscopic/robotic). Laparoscopic pyelolithotomy is a safe and minimally invasive treatment option for large kidney stones with unfavorable anatomy for the endoscopic approach.
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