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Role of the three-dimensional printing technology in complex laparoscopic renal surgery: a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney

PURPOSE: To report our initial experience using a patient-specific 3D-printed renal tumor model for the surgical planning of a complex heminephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected a clinical case for a complex laparoscopic surgery consisting in a 53 year-old male present...

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Autores principales: Mercader, Clàudia, Vilaseca, Antoni, Moreno, Javier Luis, López, Antonio, Sebastià, Maria Carmen, Nicolau, Carles, Ribal, Maria José, Peri, Luís, Costa, Mertixell, Alcaraz, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6909858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31808400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2019.0085
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To report our initial experience using a patient-specific 3D-printed renal tumor model for the surgical planning of a complex heminephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected a clinical case for a complex laparoscopic surgery consisting in a 53 year-old male presenting a local recurrence of a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney with aberrant vascularisation previously treated with a laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. He is now proposed for a laparoscopic left heminephrectomy. Along with conventional imaging, a real-size 3D-printed renal model was used to plan de surgical approach. The perioperative experience of the surgical team was recorded. RESULTS: The surgical team found the patient-specific 3D printed model useful for a better understanding of the anatomy and an easier surgical planning. CONCLUSION: The use of patient-specific 3D-printed renal models seem to be helpful for the surgical planning in complex renal tumors.