The comparison of robot-assisted laparoscopic and open pyelolithotomy in the management of nonstaghorn renal calculi larger than 2 cm / 复旦学报（医学版）

Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted laparoscopic pyelolithotomy (RALPL) as the surgical management for nonstaghorn renal calculi larger than 2 cm. Methods Among the patients admitted to our hospital for nonstaghorn renal calculi larger than 2 cm between Jun. ,2013 and Jun. ,2017, a retrospective analysis was performed on the treatment outcome of patients undergoing RALPL (48 cases) and open pyelolithotomy (OPL) (44 cases). The initial stone-free rate, mean operating time, hemoglobin drop, off-bed activity time and hospital stay were compared between two groups. Results Compared with OPL group, RALPL group had a higher initial stone-free rate (91. 66% vs. 70.45%, P < 0.05), and had significant lesser hemoglobin drop, shorter operating time, off-bed activity time and hospital stay. There was no ClavienⅡ or above complications in RALPL group, but there were 2 cases of ClavienⅡcomplications in OPL group. Conclusions Transperitoneal approach RALPL has a better visual angle to observe renal pelvis and calyces, and can ensure a higher initial stone-free rate under the conditions of low intrarenal pelvic pressure and leaving renal parenchyma and vessels intact. RALPL is a minimally invasive, effective and safe treatment, and is an alternative indication for renal calculi larger than 2 cm (including renal pelvis stones with accompanying renal calyceal stones).

Comparison of outcomes in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and open radical prostatectomy / 中华泌尿外科杂志

Objective To compare outcomes of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and open radical prostatectomy (ORP) performed in our hospital.Methods A non-randomized,retrospective comparative study was performed to analysis 302 prostate cancer patients from January 2011 to June 2014.One hundred and ten patients underwent LRP and 192 underwent ORP.There were no significant differences between the LRP and ORP groups with respect to patient age,body mass index,PSA level,Gleason Score,clinical T stage and transrectal ultrasonography prostate volume (P ＞ 0.05).The operating time,estimated blood loss,catheter retaining time,hospital stay time,positive surgical margin rate and urinary control rate were compared between the 2 groups.Results The median operative time of the ORP group and the LRP group was 95 min and 120 min,the difference between groups was significant (P ＜ 0.01).The median duration of hospitalization of the 2 groups was 9 d and 6 d,the difference between groups was significant (P＜0.01).ORP group and LRP group's estimated blood loss was 350 ml and 250 ml.Days of tube drainage were 3 d in both groups.Days of urinary catheterization drainage after surgery were 16 d and 15 d,respectively.Positive margin rate was 10.4％ and 12.7％.Urinary continence recovery rates at 3 month were 80.2％ and 70.8％.Urinary continence recovery rates at 6 month were 85.9％ and 87.3％.No significant difference was observed in the above index (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Compared with ORP,LRP has shorter hospital stay time and longer operating time.Both LRP and ORP have good outcomes in oncological control and function rehabilitation.Both of them are important procedures to treat localized prostate cancer.

Clinical experience in classification, diagnosis, and treatment for Wunderlich syndrome / 中华泌尿外科杂志

Objective To explore the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Wunderlich syndrome (WS).Methods Fifteen patients with WS were included from September 2008 to February 2014, and their clinical features, diagnosis and treatment were retrospectively reviewed.The most common clinical manifestations were flank or abdominal pain (15/15), hypovolemic shock (5/15), gross hematuria (4/15) and percussion pain on kidney region ( 15/15 ) .Laboratory tests showed anemia ( 9/15 ) and coagulation abnormalities (5/15).Five of 15 cases were critical patients with moderate to severe shock ( systolic blood pressure≤90 mmHg, 1 mmHg =0.133 kPa ) accompanied with severe anemia ( Hb <60 g/L ) and coagulation abnormalities.Results In the acute stage, the diagnostic ratios of ultrasonography and contrast enhanced CT for WS were 11/15 and 15/15, and cause determination ratios were 4/15 and 10/15, respectively.The latter was significantly higher than the former ( P <0.05 ) .Contrast enhanced MRI was performed in 5 cases, and the results were identical to those of CT.According to the causes made by emergent imaging, critical patients underwent emergent operations or renal arteriography plus selective arterial embolization, and the other patients underwent conservative management, emergency operations, or renal arteriography plus selective arterial embolization, respectively.The causes of WS included angiomyolipoma (8 cases), renal cell carcinoma (3 cases), metastatic tumor of lung cancer (1 case) and renal cyst (3 cases) in this study.The mean follow-up period was 34 months.One critical patient died, and all the other patients were cured or relieved.Conclusions WS has no specific clinical features.Contrast enhanced CT or MRI is the main approach for diagnosis and cause determination, which is superior to ultrasonography.Treatments for WS vary according to severity classification and imaging diagnosis.

Comparison of perioperative outcomes in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy / 中华泌尿外科杂志

Objective To compare the perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) with transperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN).Methods From July 2009 to March 2013,114 patients were treated in our hospital due to renal carcinoma,including RAPN in 45 patients and LPN in 69 patients.Their data were retrospectively reviewed.Clinical and pathological variables,R.E.N.A.L nephrometry score,operation time (OT),warm ischemia time (WIT),estimated blood loss (EBL),drainage volume,the length of hospitalization,estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) outcomes,and complications were analyzed.Results There were no significant differences between the RAPN and LPN group with respect to patient age,sex,tumor laterality,size,R.E.N.A.L nephrometry score,the rate of hilar tumor and preoperative eGFR (P＞0.05).The median OT was shorter in the RAPN group than that in LPN group (165 min vs.196 min,P＜0.05).The median WIT was shorter in the RAPN than that in LPN group (21 min vs.25 min,P＜0.05).However,there were no significant differences in the postoperative eGFR and changing of eGFR within the 2 groups (P＞0.05).The rate of transfusion was similar between the RAPN (2/45) and LPN (4/69) group (P=0.72).There was also no significant difference in EBL (P=0.16).The drainage volume was also similar within two groups (167 ml vs.163 ml,P=0.81).The length of hospitalization was more favorable in the RAPN group (6.5 d vs.8.0 d,P=0.01).In RAPN group,27 cases were clear-cell carcinoma,5 cases were papillary cell carcinoma,2 cases were chromophobe cell carcinoma and 1 1 cases were angioleiomyolipoma.In LPN group,45 cases were clear-cell carcinoma,9 cases were papillary cell carcinoma,3 cases were chromophobe cell carcinoma and 12 cases were angioleiomyolipoma.There was no difference of pathological types between LPN and RAPN groups (P＞0.05).The rate of positive surgical margins was 0％ (0/45) in RAPN group and 1.4％ (1/69) in LPN group (P=0.69).The rates of complication requiring intervention (Clavien grade Ⅲ) were 2.2％ (1/45) and 2.9％ (2/69) in the RAPN and LPN group,respectively (P＞0.05).Median follow up was 12 (4-36) months in the RAPN and 13 (5-34) months in the LPN group.No local recurrence or metastasis occurred in two groups.Conclusions Early comparative outcomes suggest that RAPN has a significant benefit over the LPN in terms of OT,WIT and hospital stay.Meanwhile,it offers equivalent prognosis and postoperative renal function preservation compared with LPN.

The clinical characteristic of adrenal metastatic tumor / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the clinical features of adrenal metastasis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From January 1993 to December 2004, 103 cases of adrenal metastasis were reviewed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Lung and hepatocellular carcinoma were the most common primary tumor of adrenal metastatic tumor, which about 36.9% (38/103) and 42.7% (44/103) of all cases, followed by renal carcinoma 6.8% (7/103), colorectal carcinoma 4.9% (5/103), stomach carcinoma 3.9% (4/103), breast cancer 1.9% (2/103), unknown primary tumor 2.9% (3/103). Most of these were low differentiation. The mean diameter of adrenal metastasis was 3.9 cm. The mean interval from detection of primary tumor to adrenal metastasis was 9.5 months. And 79.6% (82/103) were detected as a part of multiorgan metastasis. Only 5 cases (4.9%) were presented with pain in the back. There was little characterization of ultrasonography, CT and MRI, color-Doppler and selective arterial imaging showed little blood supply. All of patients were treated with synthetic methods, 16 cases (15.5%) who had undergone adrenalectomy for metastasis disease had a improved survival compared with those non-adrenalectomy.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>There is no particular presentation of clinic and imaging, diagnosis depending on history, follow-up and the pathological presentation of primary tumor. There are no standard treatment guidelines for this group of patients. When the primary tumor could be resected or be well controlled, and there is no other evidence of metastasis, adrenalectomy is recommended. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) could not actually be performed.</p>

An experimental study on high intensity focused ultrasound combined with mitomycin treatment of bladder tumor / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the therapeutic effect and synergistic inhibition effect of high intensity focused ultrasound in combination with mitomycin on T739 mice bladder tumor.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>BTT739 tumor-bearing mice receiving HIFU and/or mitomycin in two weeks, were divided into control group, low dose chemotherapy group, high dose chemotherapy group, HIFU group and HIFU combined chemotherapy group. The growth of mice tumor volume was observed in two weeks, by which we counted tumor volume doubling time and performed the growth curve. All specimens were analysed histologically.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>HIFU combined mitomycin has significant synergistic inhibition effect. Tumor tissue damage such as huge coagulation necrosis was observed using light microscopy. However, there were still some remaining alive cells. The apoptosis of tumor cell in HIFU group and HIFU combined chemotherapy group obviously increased in comparison with other groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>HIFU group, HIFU combined chemotherapy group can distinctively inhibit tumor growth; HIFU combined with mitomycin has notable synergistic inhibitory effect. HIFU may induce the apoptosis of tumor cell.</p>

A comparative evaluation of laparoscopic and open surgical unroofing of renal cysts / 中华泌尿外科杂志

0.01). There was no recurrence in both groups. Mean hospitalization stay was 8.1 days in the laparoscopy group, whereas it was 11.8 days in the open surgical group. Post- operative fever lasted a mean of 4.1 and 5.4 days in the two groups respectively ( P

Cystic renal cell carcinoma (report of 12 cases) / 中华泌尿外科杂志

Objective To study the diagnosis and treatment of cystic renal cell carcinoma. Methods 12 cases of cystic renal cell carcinoma have been identified. Imaging studies showed no specific evidence of malignance and the preoperative diagnosis was a complex cystic mass in all but 2.All the 12 cases had been surgically explored,intraoperative pathological examination being undertaken in 9,8 of them demonstrating a malignant cystic renal clear cell carcinoma.Radical nephrectomy was carried out in 7,simple nephrectomy in 3,partial nephrectomy in 1 and one cyst unroofed. Results All the 12 cases were confirmed as cystic renal clear cell carcinoma on pathology.All the patients have been followed up for a mean of 39.5 months and the overall results were excellent with no evidence of cancer recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions Intraoperative pathological examination should be performed in suspected cases of cystic renal cell carcinoma.The prognosis is fair for cystic renal clear cell carcinoma.Nephrectomy or partial nephrectomy is indicated.