[Laparoscopic exeresis of a completely duplicated kidney]

During the '80s, laparoscopy in general has undergone an enormous boom as representative of minimally invasive surgery, urology standing out in that progression as the specialty leading the endoscopic approach both for the tradition and profusion of techniques developed. In Spain, major scope laparoscopic surgery started with lymphadenectomy in which we are the second Spanish and first Andalusian group to perform it. The experience accumulated by our group has allowed us to perform and present one case of laparoscopic nephrectomy, this being the first time in Andalusia and second in Spain that an Urology Unit develops this technique, the distinct feature being the presence of complete duplicity of the kidney. The procedure had no peri or post-operative complications and the patient was discharged four days later. We conclude that although presently the indications of renal exeresis for this procedure are limited, these will soon be expanded thanks to the urologists' concern, the accumulation of experience and the improvement of the instrumentarium.