[Laparoscopic treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis.]

[Laparoscopic treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis.] Arch Esp Urol. 2017 May;70(4):468-474 Authors: Hernández Fernández C, Subirá Rios D, Moralejo Gárate M, Rodríguez Fernández E, Caño Velasco J, Herranz Amo F Abstract OBJECTIVES: Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a disease that may condition a severe involvement of various organs, mainly upper urinary tract, even causing renal insufficiency. It was first described by Albarran in 1905 and it is also known as Ormonds disease. The correct diagnosis includes, in many cases, the performance of one or more tests: CT scan, MRI, renal scan, etc. It is often necessary the insertion of double J catheters on percutaneous nephrostomy tubes with the aim to preserve renal function. Initial treatment is medical, based on corticoids, and , less frequent, immunosuppressive or chemotherapy drugs. Surgery is the treatment of choice when ureteral entrapment by the fibrous plaque is not solved with medical treatment. Such operation may be performed with a conventional open approach (laparotomy) or by pure, hand assisted laparoscopic surgery, or robotic surgery. In all cases, the technique involves freeing the ureters from the fibrous plaque that entraps them, leaving them intraperitoneal, and it is recommendable to wrap them with an omental flap. The implantation of minimally invasive techniques has made that, in groups with experience in laparoscopy, open surgery is being abandoned and the laparoscop...
Source: Archivos Espanoles de Urologia - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Arch Esp Urol Source Type: research