BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To compare postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic and open partial nephrectomy using a standardized complication-reporting system and a standardized tumor-scoring system. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 189 consecutive patients with nephrometry scores available who underwent elective partial nephrectomy for renal masses. Dem...

INTRODUCTION A primary ureteral stump tumor after a nephrectomy is rare; urothelial carcinoma of the ureteral stump after a nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma is even rarer. A thorough review of the literature indicated that only seven cases have previously been reported. In this study, we report the first Taiwanese case of urothelial carcinoma of the ureteral stump after a nephrectomy. It is...

PURPOSE Nephron sparing surgery is an effective surgical option in patients with renal cell carcinoma. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy involves clamping and unclamping techniques of the renal vasculature. This study compared the postoperative renal function of partial nephrectomy using an estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for a Japanese population in 3 procedures; open partia...

PURPOSE The safety, benefits and usefulness of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy have been demonstrated in the pediatric population. We describe our technique, and determine the safety and feasibility of robot assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy based on our initial experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed robot assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy performed at ...

INTRODUCTION We aimed to evaluate the intralobar renal arteries indexes using the Doppler ultrasonography indexes, which have become the established method of kidney monitoring, in living unrelated kidney donors during the postnephrectomy period. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study, we evaluated and followed up 34 living unrelated kidney donors. The Doppler ultrasonography indexes...

those that are being considered as potential kidney donors, need to be carefully screened and excluded from having ADPKD (KHA-CARI ADPKD Guidelines: Genetics, Imaging, and Screening subtopics), prior to living donor transplantation. Nephrectomy of a polycystic kidney prior to the time of transplantation may be required due to insufficient intra-abdominal space for the new allograft. Nephrectomy...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure (CRF) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity, abnormal arterial tone, and endothelial dysfunction. Ca(2+)-activated K(+)-channels (K(Ca)) are important regulators of endothelial function by controlling endothelial hyperpolarization and thus endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-mediated vasodilations. Here we tested the hypothesis whet...

144 Metabolomics studies of chronic atrophic gastritis cold and heat syndrome M.L. Wang, C.L. Zheng, Y.W. Zhou, T.G. Liu, Y.B. Li, H. Xie, Y. Chang, W.C. Liu, G.G. Chen, X.L. Sun, Y.H. Zhao, Z.H. Li 1 Beijing Jiangong Hospital, Beijing 100054,China 2 Beijing Gulou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100009, China 3 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029,China 4 Bei...