Is supine position safe and effective for the percutaneous nephrolithotomy? Clinical experiences, tip and tricks in learning curve and PSAA technique.

AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the factors facilitating the supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique in learning curve, to compare the supine and prone technique results. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 47 patients who required percutaneous nephrolithotomy were included in this study, and they were divided into two groups as supine and prone. Prone technique was performed to 24 patients in the first group. In the second group, the supine technique was performed by calculating the patient-specific access angle for 23 patients. Demographic, preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative parameters, transfusion, and complications of both groups were compared. RESULTS: Age, gender, side, stone size, stone-free rate, and length of stay in hospital were not statistically significant between the groups. Operation and fluoroscopy time were lower in the supine group, but it was not statistically significant. The decrease in hemoglobin was higher in the supine group and it was statistically significant (p = 0.027). The decrease in hemoglobin was not symptomatic in both groups. In addition, transfusion rates were similar and not statistically significant. DISCUSSION: In previous studies, the supine technique was evaluated in terms of many factors. Process steps were tried to be standardized and improvements were made in the access technique. The supine technique, which uses patient-specific access angle, has similar complication rates as the prone technique. However, the operation and fluoroscopy times are shorter than the prone technique. For surgeons on the learning curve, the supine technique is safe, feasible, and has even shorter operating times with a patient-specific access angle.

Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty in a Solitary Kidney with Intrarenal Pelvis: Two Challenges in One Case.

Laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is one of the most appropriate surgical techniques to achieve the optimal goal of minimally invasive surgery. However, urologists hesitate to use the laparoscopic approach in UPJO with solitary kidney or intrarenal pelvis. There are a few published studies on laparoscopic pyeloplasty cases in intrarenal pelvis. However, to the best of our knowledge, the present case is the first in the literature in terms of intrarenal pelvis in a solitary kidney. Generally, YV plasty is the accepted technique instead of dismembered pyeloplasty in UPJO with small or intrarenal pelvis. However, in this report, we showed that dismembered LP can be performed with good results in intrarenal pelvis UPJO, even if it is in the solitary kidney.

A rare cause of testicular metastasis: upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Metastatic testicular cancers are rare. Primary tumor sources are prostate, lung, and gastrointestinal tract for metastatic testicular cancers. Metastasis of urothelial carcinoma (UC) to the testis is extremely rare. Two-thirds of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is of invasive stage at diagnosis and metastatic sites are the pelvic lymph nodes, liver, lung, and bone. We report a rare case of metastatic UTUC to the testis which has not been reported before, except one case in the literature. Testicular metastasis of UC should be considered in patients with hematuria and testicular swelling.