Laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment

To report our experience with laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN) in patients undergoing hemodialysis compared with normal counterparts. Seventeen patients (20 renal units, Group 1) undergoing hemodialysis underwent LN, which was indicated due to nonfunctioning kidney in 17 and suspected malignancy in 3 renal units. Radical nephrectomy (RN), simple nephrectomy (SN), and simple nephroureterectomy (SNU) were performed in 3, 9, and 8 cases, respectively. For comparison, 101 patients (Group 2) without CRF (chronic renal failure) who had undergone LN were evaluated. In this group, RN, SN, SNU and radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) were performed in 48, 41, 8, and 4 patients, respectively. The mean age (36.9 ±13.1 vs. 48.7±19.4yr, P=0.002) and BMI (22.1±4.8 vs. 26.2±5.1kg/m(2), P=0.001) were lower in Group 1, whereas ASA (physical status score of American Society of Anesthesiologists) score (2.8±0.4 vs. 1.5±0.7, P