Abstract

We performed kidney preserving surgery for renal cell carcinoma in 10 patients with a solitary kidney or bilateral tumors. Two had cancer in a solitary kidney (contralateral kidney was nephrectomized for benign disease) and 8 had bilateral renal tumors, 3 and 5 of the latter 8 patients being asynchronous and synchronous, respectively. The kidney preserving surgery included partial nephrectomy in 3 patients and enucleation in 7 patients and was performed in situ and ex vivo followed by renal autotransplantation in 4 and 6 patients, respectively. Of the 10 patients, 4 are still alive after 2 years and 11 months-5 years and 6 months. Death occurred in 6 patients. Excluding one non-resectable patient and 2 patients of non-cancer death, 3 patients survived for 3 years-8 years and 8 months. The 10 patients, excluding one non-resectable, showed actuarial survival rates of 89, 89 and 63.3% for 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively, and excluding patients of non-cancer death, the above rates were 100, 100 and 85.7%, respectively. Postoperative local recurrence was found in 1 of 3 patients of partial resection and 2 of 7 patients of enucleation, and the latter 2 patients were those who had synchronous bilateral tumors and underwent renal autotransplantation following enucleation of a number of tumor nodules from seemingly less involved kidneys and contralateral radical nephrectomy; recurrence in the grafted kidney was already observable in the early postoperative period, which indicated re-growth of the residual tumor rather than recurrence.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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