Joubert syndrome (JS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormal eye movements, respiratory pattern abnormalities, anatomical airway alterations, mental retardation and hypoplasia/aplasia of the cerebellar vermis confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. This case report describes th...
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of simultaneous treatment of parapelvic renal cysts and stones by flexible ureterorenoscopy with a novel four-step cyst localization strategy in selected patients. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 11 consecutive cases ...
Abstract Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease (ACKD) is regarded as a common late condition of end stage renal damage and expresses its most important features when associated with long term hemodialysis. ACKD is also widely known as a premalignant lesion. Its occurrence in chronically rejected renal allograft...
ABSTRACT Purpose To describe our initial experience with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of Bosniak IV renal cysts. Materials and Methods From 2010 to 2014, 154 renal tumor cases were treated with percutaneous thermal ablation, of which 10 cases (6.4%) from nine patients were complex renal cysts and we...
Los quistes renales simples sintomáticos requieren de un tratamiento quirúrgico. Con la introducción de la vía laparoscópica como un nuevo método de abordaje en cirugía urológica, se ha abierto una nueva modalidad terapéutica para estos casos evitando así la cirugía convencional por lumbotomí...
Los quistes renales son las lesiones más frecuentes del rinón, requiriendo del tratamiento en escasas ocasiones. Se presentan 3 pacientes portadores de quistes renales sintomáticos, quienes fueron tratados por videolaparoscopia. En todos los casos se logró la extracción completa de la membrana quís...
