Our Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery Experience with Horseshoe Kidney

• Published in: Journal of urological surgery Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 106 - 108
• Main Authors: Süelözgen, Tufan, İşoğlu, Cemal Selçuk, Karabıçak, Mustafa, Yalçın, Mehmet Yiğit, Yeniel, Sezgin, İlbey, Yusuf Özlem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ankara Society of Urological Surgery 01-09-2017; Galenos Publishing House; Galenos Yayinevi
• Subjects: horseshoe kidney; Kidney stone; Kidney stones; Kidneys; Lasers; Lithotripsy; Patients; retrograde intrarenal surgery; Success; Surgeons; Tıp; Urogenital system; Urological surgery; Urology; Ankara; horseshoe kidney; Böbrek taşı; at nalı böbrek; retrograde intrarenal surgery; retrograd intrarenal cerrahi; Kidney stone
• ISSN: 2148-9580; 2148-9580
• DOI: 10.4274/jus.1350

Objective: To share our experience with retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) done in patients with horseshoe kidney anomaly.
Materials and Methods: Data from 107 patients who underwent RIRS for kidney stones between 2013 and 2016 in our clinic was retrospectively
analyzed and 6 patients with horseshoe kidney anomaly detected on computed tomography (CT) were included in the study. Achieving stone-free
status or having residual stones of ≤4 mm were considered operational success.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 44.5±6.7 years. Four patients were male (66.6%) and two were female (33.3%). The mean stone size was
14.5±4.1 (10-22) mm. Three patients had pelvis stones (50%) and the rest 3 (50%) had lower calyx stones. Two patients (33.3%) were found to be
stone-free on post-operative non-contrast CT results.
Conclusion: RIRS should be performed by experienced surgeons in patients with horseshoe kidney.