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PURPOSE: Describe the first laparoscopic transperitoneal nephroureterectomy followed by laparoscopically assisted transvaginal extraction of the intact kidney performed in Puerto Rico. CASE HISTORY/RESULTS: A 39 year-old female patient consulted her urologist regarding chronic urinary tract infection. A diagnosis of a non-functioning left kidney was made, secondary to long standing obstruction due to a distal ureteral stone. Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy procedure was performed and the intact specimen was removed through a transverse posterior colpotomy. Patient was discharged home the next day without intraoperative or post-operative complications. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic nephrec-tomy with transvaginal extraction of the intact specimen provides a surgical option as a minimally invasive technique with very few functional and cosmetic compromises and with low post-operative morbidity when performed in appropriate female patients.
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Laparoscopy/methods , Nephrectomy/methods , Adult , Female , Humans , VaginaABSTRACT
Urachal Cyst pathologies comprise lesions that arise at the medial infraumblical line which is rarely seen in an adult. It has interesting and varied forms of clinical presentations which represent a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. Persistency of the Urachus is due to failure of the normal obliteration process which occurs embriologically during the 4th gestational month. This gives way to a lesion that should be taken into account while considering the differential diagnoses of the cystic pathologies of the region. We present the case of an adult woman with a Urachal Cyst, which was surgically excised at the Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada in Caguas, Puerto Rico, followed by a brief literature review.
