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10436431

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
Conservative measures are the mainstay of therapy in adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD). Pain, infection and obstructive uropathy are the major indications for intervention. Chronic pain has been treated with narcotic analgesics, needle aspiration of dominant cysts, and open renal cyst decortication. Laparoscopic cyst decortication, by either transperitoneal or retroperitoneal access, is a new emerging option with similar efficacy to open surgery and less morbidity. Cyst infection in these patients responds poorly to commonly used antibiotics. Patients with refractory cyst infection may even require nephrectomy. Herein, we present 2 cases with APKD that were treated by retroperitoneoscopic decortication for painful and infected cysts. Both patients showed prompt and sustained improvement in symptoms, with minimal morbidity and short convalescence. This approach has not hitherto been described for infected cysts in APKD. The retroperitoneoscopic route should be preferred in the presence of infected cysts so as to prevent intraperitoneal contamination.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-1138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
40-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-10-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Retroperitoneoscopic management of infected cysts in adult polycystic kidney disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports