• Sao Paulo Med J · Nov 2002

    Case Reports

    Hand-assisted bilateral nephrectomy in a patient with adult polycystic kidney disease.

    • Marcello Alves Pinto, Roberto Vaz Juliano, Marcos Tobias-Machado, Milton Borrelli, and Eric Roger Wroclawski.
    • Faculdade de Medicina, Fundaço ABC, São Paulo, Brazil. dmalvesp@terra.com.br
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2002 Nov 1; 120 (6): 189191189-91.

    ContextDominantly autosomal polycystic disease is characterized by multiple bilateral and non-functional cysts, which lead to progressive kidney failure.ObjectiveOur objective was to report on a case of hand-assisted bilateral nephrectomy in a 28-year-old female patient with adult polycystic disease and recurring pyelonephritis in a kidney transplant program.Case ReportA hand-assisted bilateral nephrectomy was performed through a supra-umbilical median incision of approximately 6 cm, and with 3 ports of 10 mm. The length of the surgery was 3 hours and 15 minutes. The kidneys were removed after the aspiration of some cysts through the supra-umbilical incision. Pain control was achieved via the use of analgesics. The blood loss during surgery was 160 ml. During the postoperative period, the patient developed right-side pneumothorax, which was drained with no further occurrence. This drain was kept in place for 48 hours. The length of hospitalization was 4 days.

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