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The treatment of bilateral Wilms tumors (BWT) involves curing the cancer, preserving long-term renal function, and maintaining a good quality of life. Established methods for achieving these goals include preoperative chemotherapy and nephron-sparing surgery (NSS). This study aimed to evaluate the experience of a single institution in treating patients with BWT. We analyzed cases of BWT treated at the Pediatric Oncology Institute-GRAACC-Federal University of São Paulo over a period of 35 years. Bleeding control was performed with manual compression of the renal parenchyma. Thirty-three patients were included in the study. Thirty cases were synchronous tumors. The mean age at diagnosis was 30.4 months (±22 m) and 66.7% were girls. The median follow-up period was 83 months. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was the primary approach in most patients (87.9%), with a simultaneous upfront surgical approach performed in 84.8%. Most patients underwent bilateral NSS (70.4%). There were no early complications in this series, but 39.4% had clinical complications. The five-year survival rate was 76%. Therefore, it is clear that the surgical approach to BWT plays a crucial role in achieving good outcomes. However, it is difficult to standardize surgical techniques and technology may have the potential to enhance safety.
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El primer trasplante renal realizado con éxito fue en 1954, y su realización se ha extendido por todo el mundo, las complicaciones postoperatorias no son infrecuentes, estas complicaciones se dividen en tres grupos: Complicaciones vasculares, parietales y urológicas. Las más graves son las de origen vascular entre las que podemos mencionar la estenosis de la arteria o vena renal, trombosis por torsión, anastomosis fallida o hemorragia, en tanto las complicaciones parietales o urológicas son estenosis ureteral, fuga urinaria, colecciones de líquido peritrasplante (hematoma o linfocele). Paciente masculino de 57 años presenta antecedentes de: Enfermedad renal crónica en hemodiálisis desde 2019, se somete a trasplante renal en fecha 08/12/2022, con hallazgos de riñón trasplantado con 4 arterias y 2 venas, presentando al mes de la cirugía datos de sepsis y colección periinjerto, realizadose exploración quirúrgica, evidenciando necrosis de toda la cara posterior del injerto hasta comprometer pelvis renal, con apertura total de la pelvis renal posterior, con fuga de orina, por lo que se realiza desbridación de injerto renal y colocación de pielostomia y catéter JJ, con posterior recuperación de la función renal y aumento de la diuresis. Conclusiones: Las complicaciones quirúrgicas posterior al trasplante renal son frecuentes, y ocurren en un % parte de los pacientes, si bien las complicaciones urológicas como la fuga de orina son infrecuentes y más cuando se produce necrosis a nivel de la pelvis renal, es evidente que se requiere de un manejo oportuno y que existen vatios factores a tomar en cuenta desde un control pretransplante hasta el postoperatorio alejado y así evitar la pérdida del injerto ya que conlleva a un gran deterioro en la vida del paciente.
The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954, and its performance has spread throughout the world, postoperative complications are not uncommon, these complications are divided into three groups: Vascular, parietal and urological complications. The most serious are those of vascular origin, among which we can mention stenosis of the renal artery or vein, thrombosis due to torsion failed anastomosis or hemorrhage, while parietal or urological complications are ureteral stenosis, urinary leakage, peritransplant fluic collections ( hematoma or lymphocele).A 57-year-old male patient presents a history of: Chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis since 2019, underwent a kidney transplant on 12/08/2022, with findings of a transplanted kidney with 4 arteries and 2 veins, presenting sepsis data and data a month after surgery. perigraft collection, surgical exploration was performed, evidencing necrosis of the entire posterior face of the graft until compromising the renal pelvis, with total opening of the posterior renal pelvis, with urine leakage, for which debridement of the renal graft and placement of a pyelostomy and catheter is performed JJ, with subsequent recovery of rena function and increased diuresis. Conclusions: Surgical complications after renal transplantation are frequent, and occur in % of patients although urological complications such as urine leakage are rare and more when necrosis occurs at the level of the renal pelvis, it is evident that timely management is required and there are several factors to take into account from a pre-transplant control to the remote postoperative period and thus avoid graft loss since it leads to a great deterioration in the patient's life.
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Increased exposure to maternal psychosocial stress during gestation and adverse neonatal environments has been linked to alterations in developmental programming and health consequences in offspring. A programmed low nephron endowment, among other altered pathways of susceptibility, likely increases the vulnerability to develop chronic kidney disease in later life. Our aim in this scoping review was to identify gaps in the literature by focusing on understanding the association between life-course exposure to psychosocial stress, and the risk of reduced kidney function. A systematic search in four databases (PubMed, ProQuest, Wed of Science, and Scopus) was performed, yielding 609 articles. Following abstract and full-text review, we identified 19 articles meeting our inclusion criteria, reporting associations between different psychosocial stressors and an increase in the prevalence of kidney disease or decline in kidney function, mainly in adulthood. There are a lack of studies that specifically evaluated the association between gestational exposure to psychosocial stress and measures of kidney function or disease in early life, despite the overall evidence consistent with the independent effects of prenatal stress on other perinatal and postnatal outcomes. Further research will establish epidemiological studies with clear and more comparable psychosocial stressors to solve this critical research gap.
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BACKGROUND: The kidney ontogenesis is the most structurally affected by gestational protein restriction, reducing 28% of their functional units. The reduced nephron number is predictive of hypertension and cardiovascular dysfunctions that are generally observed in the adult age of most fetal programming models. We demonstrate miRNAs and predict molecular pathway changes associated with reduced reciprocal interaction between metanephros cap (CM) and ureter bud (UB) and a 28% decreased nephron stem cells in the 17 gestational days (17GD) low protein (LP) intake male fetal kidney. Here, we evaluated the same miRNAs and predicted targets in the kidneys of 21GD and at 7 days of life (7DL) LP offspring to elucidate the molecular modulations during nephrogenesis. METHODS: Pregnant Wistar rats were allocated into two groups: NP (regular protein diet- 17%) or LP (diet-6%). miRNA transcriptome sequencing (miRNA-Seq) was performed on the MiSeq platform from 21GD and 7DL male offspring kidneys using previously described methods. Among the top 10 dysfunctional regulated miRNAs, we validated 7 related to proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis processes and investigated predicted target genes and proteins by RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: In 21GD, LP fetuses were identified alongside 21 differently expressed miRNAs, of which 12 were upregulated and 9 downregulated compared to age-matched NP offspring. In 7-DL LP offspring, the differentially expressed miRNAs were counted to be 74, of which 46 were upregulated and 28 downregulated. The curve from 17-GD to 7-DL shows that mTOR was fundamental in reducing the number of nephrons in fetal kidneys where the mothers were subjected to a protein restriction. IGF1 and TGFß curves also seemed to present the same mTOR pattern and were modulated by miRNAs 181a-5p, 181a-3p, and 199a-5p. The miRNA 181c-3p modulated SIX2 and Notch1 reduction in 7-DL but not in terms of the enhanced expression of both in the 21-GD, suggesting the participation of an additional regulator. We found enhanced Bax in 21-GD; it was regulated by miRNA 298-5p, and Bcl2 and Caspase-3 were controlled by miRNA (by 7a-5p and not by the predicted 181a-5p). The miRNA 144-3p regulated BCL6, which was enhanced, as well as Zeb 1 and 2 induced by BCL6. These results revealed that in 21GD, the compensatory mechanisms in LP kidneys led to the activation of UB ramification. Besides, an increase of 32% in the CM stem cells and a possible cell cycle halt of renal progenitor cells, which remaining undifferentiated, were observed. In the 7DL, much more altered miRNA expression was found in LP kidneys, and this was probably due to an increased maternal diet content. Additionally, we verified the activation of pathways related to differentiation and consumption of progenitor cells.
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With no lysine kinase-4 (WNK4) belongs to a serine-threonine kinase family characterized by the atypical positioning of its catalytic lysine. Despite the fact that WNK4 has been found in many tissues, the majority of its study has revolved around its function in the kidney, specifically as a positive regulator of the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC) in the distal convoluted tubule of the nephron. This is explained by the description of gain-of-function mutations in the gene encoding WNK4 that causes familial hyperkalemic hypertension. This disease is mainly driven by increased downstream activation of the Ste20/SPS1-related proline-alanine-rich kinase/oxidative stress responsive kinase-1-NCC pathway, which increases salt reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule and indirectly impairs renal K+ secretion. Here, we review the large volume of information that has accumulated about different aspects of WNK4 function. We first review the knowledge on WNK4 structure and enumerate the functional domains and motifs that have been characterized. Then, we discuss WNK4 physiological functions based on the information obtained from in vitro studies and from a diverse set of genetically modified mouse models with altered WNK4 function. We then review in vitro and in vivo evidence on the different levels of regulation of WNK4. Finally, we go through the evidence that has suggested how different physiological conditions act through WNK4 to modulate NCC activity.
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Nefronas/metabolismo , Potasio/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Receptores de Droga/metabolismo , Simportadores del Cloruro de Sodio/metabolismo , Animales , Humanos , Túbulos Renales Distales/metabolismo , Seudohipoaldosteronismo/metabolismoRESUMEN
The Barker hypothesis strongly supported the influence of fetal environment on the development of chronic diseases in later life. Multiple experimental and human studies have identified that the deleterious effect of fetal programming commonly leads to alterations in renal development. The interplay between environmental insults and fetal genome can induce epigenetic changes and lead to alterations in the expression of renal phenotype. In this review, we have explored the renal development and its functions, while focusing on the epigenetic findings and functional aspects of the renin-angiotensin system and its components.
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BACKGROUND: To evaluate demographic, clinical and pathological characteristics of small renal masses (SRM) (≤ 4 cm) in a Latin-American population provided by LARCG (Latin-American Renal Cancer Group) and analyze predictors of survival, recurrence and metastasis. METHODS: A multi-institutional retrospective cohort study of 1523 patients submitted to surgical treatment for non-metastatic SRM from 1979 to 2016. Comparisons between radical (RN) or partial nephrectomy (PN) and young or elderly patients were performed. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests estimated 10-year overall survival. Predictors of local recurrence or metastasis were analyzed by a multivariable logistic regression model. RESULTS: PN and RN were performed in 897 (66%) and 461 (34%) patients. A proportional increase of PN cases from 48.5% (1979-2009) to 75% (after 2009) was evidenced. Stratifying by age, elderly patients (≥ 65 years) had better 10-year OS rates when submitted to PN (83.5%), than RN (54.5%), p = 0.044. This disparity was not evidenced in younger patients. On multivariable model, bilaterality, extracapsular extension and ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) classification ≥3 were predictors of local recurrence. We did not identify significant predictors for distant metastasis in our series. CONCLUSIONS: PN is performed in Latin-America in a similar proportion to developed areas and it has been increasing in the last years. Even in elderly individuals, if good functional status, sufficiently fit to surgery, and favorable tumor characteristics, they should be encouraged to perform PN. Intending to an earlier diagnosis of recurrence or distant metastasis, SRM cases with unfavorable characteristics should have a more rigorous follow-up routine.
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Carcinoma de Células Renales/diagnóstico , Carcinoma de Células Renales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Renales/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Renales/mortalidad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/mortalidad , Anciano , Carcinoma de Células Renales/secundario , Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía , Estudios de Cohortes , Bases de Datos Factuales , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , América Latina , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Nefrectomía/métodos , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Tasa de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
Upper tract urothelial cancers (UTUC) are frequently managed by radical nephroureterectomy (RNU), a major operative procedure that may entail short-term morbidity and long-term decline in renal function. Kidney-sparing procedures offer a less invasive alternative to RNU for low-risk, low-grade UTUC (LG-UTUC). They are associated with similar disease-specific survival rates and better long-term renal function, albeit with a potentially increased risk of recurrence. Strategies to decrease LG-UTUC recurrence include improved risk stratification and enhanced endoscopic instrumentation. Chemoablation may represent an alternative, innovative kidney-sparing approach for LG-UTUC.
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Protein restriction (PR) during pregnancy induces morphofunctional alterations related to deficient nephrogenesis. We studied the renal functional and morphological significance of PR during pregnancy and/or lactation in adult male rat offspring and the repercussions on acute kidney injury (AKI) severity. Female rats were randomly assigned to the following groups: control diet during pregnancy and lactation (CC), control diet during pregnancy and PR diet during lactation (CR), PR during pregnancy and control diet during lactation (RC), and PR during pregnancy and lactation (RR). Three months after birth, at least 12 male offspring of each group randomly underwent either bilateral renal ischemia for 45 min [ischemia-reperfusion (IR)] or sham surgery. Thus, eight groups were studied 24 h after reperfusion: CC, CC + IR, CR, CR + IR, RC, RC + IR, RR, and RR + IR. Under basal conditions, the CR, RC, and RR groups exhibited a significant reduction in nephron number that was associated with a reduction in renal blood flow. Glomerular hyperfiltration was present as a compensatory mechanism to maintain normal renal function. mRNA levels of several vasoactive, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory molecules were decreased. After IR, renal function was similarly reduced in all of the studied groups. Although all of the offspring from maternal PR exhibited renal injury, the magnitude was lower in the RC and RR groups, which were associated with faster renal blood flow recovery, differential vasoactive factors, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α signaling. Our results show that the offspring from maternal PR are resilient to AKI induced by IR that was associated with reduced tubular injury and a differential hemodynamic response.
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Lesión Renal Aguda/prevención & control , Dieta con Restricción de Proteínas , Lesión Renal Aguda/patología , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Dieta , Femenino , Tasa de Filtración Glomerular , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia/metabolismo , Pruebas de Función Renal , Túbulos Renales/patología , Lactancia , Masculino , Embarazo , Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Circulación Renal , Daño por Reperfusión/prevención & controlRESUMEN
Chronic kidney disease increasingly is being recognized as an important global public health problem. Interindividual susceptibility to kidney disease is high and likely is dependent on risk modulation through genetics, fetal and early childhood development, environmental circumstances, and comorbidities. Traditionally, the chronic kidney disease burden has been ascribed largely to hypertension and diabetes. Increasingly, evidence is accumulating that nontraditional risk factors may predominate in some regions and populations, contributing to epidemics of kidney disease. Such nontraditional risk factors include environmental exposures, traditional medicines, fetal and maternal factors, infections, kidney stones, and acute kidney injury. Genetic factors may predispose patients to chronic kidney disease in some populations. Chronic kidney disease of unknown origin has its epicenters in Central America and South Asia. Such clustering of CKD may represent either genetic or environmentally driven kidney disease, or combinations of both. Developmental conditions impacting kidney development often are related to poverty and structural factors that persist throughout life. In this article, we explore the possibilities that genetic and developmental factors may be important contributors to the epidemics in these regions and suggest that optimization of factors impacting kidney development hold promise to reduce the risk of kidney disease in future generations.
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Epidemias , Desarrollo Fetal , Riñón/embriología , Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/epidemiología , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/genética , Presión Sanguínea , América Central/epidemiología , Femenino , Interacción Gen-Ambiente , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Humanos , Riñón/fisiopatología , Salud Materna , Embarazo , Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal/epidemiología , Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal/fisiopatología , Sri Lanka/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: This study is performed to explore the pathological characteristics and oncologic outcomes of T1 multifocal renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS: The clinical data of 600 patients (442 males and 158 females) between the age of 29 and 73 years, diagnosed with T1 RCC were collected from three hospitals in China, out of which 421 cases had undergone nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) and 179 cases had undergone radical nephrectomy (RN) between December 2010 and January 2015. RESULTS: Tumor was identified with multifocality in 32 patients (5.33%), out of which 21 were set to receive NSS, and 11 to receive RN, respectively; 21 cases of clear cell tumor, 8 cases of papillary tumor, 1 case of chromophobe tumor and 2 cases of Xp.11.2 translocation RCC. Among 568 cases of monofocal tumors, 400 patients underwent NSS, and the remaining 168 patients underwent RN, respectively. After a median follow-up of 5 years, 13 patients were found with recurrent tumors out of those who had undergone NSS, 11 with monofocal tumors and 2 with multifocal tumors containing satellite tumor nodules (p = 0.13). Out of the 32 individuals with multifocal RCC, 4 cases were reported to have died of cancer, 2 of NSS and 2 of RN. From these findings, the cancer-specific survival for NSS and RN was estimated to be 90.48% and 81.82%, respectively (p = 0.48). CONCLUSION: The findings from the study suggested that there were pathological differences in multifocal renal tumors, and that papillary carcinoma may be more common than clear cell carcinoma. The recurrence rate and survival rate of multifocal RCC were similar to monofocal tumors. Tumor recurrence may be related to satellite tumor nodules, which can only be detected once surgery is performed.
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Carcinoma Papilar/mortalidad , Carcinoma de Células Renales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Renales/mortalidad , Nefrectomía/mortalidad , Nefronas/cirugía , Tratamientos Conservadores del Órgano/mortalidad , Adulto , Anciano , Carcinoma Papilar/patología , Carcinoma Papilar/cirugía , Carcinoma de Células Renales/patología , Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Estudios Retrospectivos , Tasa de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pathological features and define the optimal surgical margins (SM) of nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for kidney neoplasms 4-7 cm (stage pT1b) on preoperative imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The retrospective study included 748 patients who were diagnosed stage pT1b renal tumors and underwent either radical nephrectomy (RN, n = 475) or NSS (n = 273) from January 2004 to March 2017. The tumor size, pathological subtype, Fuhrman grade, status of peritumoral pseudocapsule (PC) and tumor multifocality were recorded. The relationship between peritumoral PC and positive SM was calculated statistically by Fisher's exact probability test. RESULTS: The mean tumor diameter was 5.4 cm (range: 4.1-7.0 cm), 65 (8.7%) cases were discovered with multifocal lesions and 686 (91.7%) were surrounded with peritumoral PC in all 748 specimens. 57 (8.3%) of 686 cases were proved with tumor infiltrated beyond PC [infiltration (+)], and the presence of PC infiltration (+) was significantly correlated with positive SM (p = 0.016). The infiltrative depth of tumor cells into renal parenchyma beyond PC was all limited in 3 mm and the proportion of ≤ 1, 1-2 and 2-3 mm was 21.1% (12/57), 59.6% (34/57) and 19.3% (11/57), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our report indicates a 3 mm excisional margin is acceptable to ensure negative SM when operating NSS on stage pT1b kidney neoplasms.
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Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Nefronas/cirugía , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
PURPOSE: To describe the perioperative and oncology outcomes in a series of laparoscopic or robotic partial nephrectomies (PN) for renal tumors treated in diverse institutions of Hispanic America from the beginning of their minimally invasive (MI) PN experience through December 2014. METHODS: Seventeen institutions participated in the CAU generated a MI PN database. We estimated proportions, medians, 95 % confidence intervals, Kaplan-Meier curves, multivariate logistic and Cox regression analyses. Clavien-Dindo classification was used. RESULTS: We evaluated 1501 laparoscopic (98 %) or robotic (2 %) PNs. Median age: 58 years. Median surgical time, warm ischemia and intraoperative bleeding were 150, 20 min and 200 cc. 81 % of the lesions were malignant, with clear cell histology being 65 % of the total. Median maximum tumor diameter is 2.7 cm, positive margin is 8.2 %, and median hospitalization is 3 days. One or more postoperative complication was recorded in 19.8 % of the patients: Clavien 1: 5.6 %; Clavien 2: 8.4 %; Clavien 3A: 1.5 %; Clavien 3B: 3.2 %; Clavien 4A: 1 %; Clavien 4B: 0.1 %; Clavien 5: 0 %. Bleeding was the main cause of a reoperation (5.5 %), conversion to radical nephrectomy (3 %) or open partial nephrectomy (6 %). Transfusion rate is 10 %. In multivariate analysis, RENAL nephrometry score was the only variable associated with complications (OR 1.1; 95 % CI 1.02-1.2; p = 0.02). Nineteen patients presented disease progression or died of disease in a median follow-up of 1.37 years. The 5-year progression or kidney cancer mortality-free rate was 94 % (95 % CI 90, 97). Positive margins (HR 4.98; 95 % CI 1.3-19; p = 0.02) and females (HR 5.6; 95 % CI 1.7-19; p = 0.005) were associated with disease progression or kidney cancer mortality after adjusting for maximum tumor diameter. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic PN in these centers of Hispanic America seem to have acceptable perioperative complications and short-term oncologic outcomes.
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Adenoma Oxifílico/cirugía , Angiomiolipoma/cirugía , Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía , Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Nefrectomía/métodos , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/epidemiología , Adenoma Oxifílico/patología , Anciano , Angiomiolipoma/patología , Pérdida de Sangre Quirúrgica , Carcinoma de Células Renales/patología , Conversión a Cirugía Abierta , Bases de Datos Factuales , Femenino , Laparoscópía Mano-Asistida/métodos , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Laparoscopía/métodos , Tiempo de Internación/estadística & datos numéricos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Márgenes de Escisión , México , Persona de Mediana Edad , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/métodos , Análisis Multivariante , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Tempo Operativo , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Robotizados/métodos , América del Sur , España , Carga Tumoral , Isquemia TibiaRESUMEN
ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate functional and oncologic outcomes of partial nephrectomy (PN) in patients with a solitary kidney. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with a solitary kidney undergoing nephron-sparing surgery between March 2003 and March 2013 was performed. GFR was recorded before the procedure and 3 months after surgery, thus establishing a change (cGFR). Several variables that may influence cGFR were analyzed. Complications are herein described, namely bleeding, fistula, acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Local recurrence and margin status are also described. Survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan Meier method (2 patients with metastasis at the time of surgery were excluded from the analysis). Results: Forty-five patients were available for analysis. Median follow-up was 27.56 months (r 3-96). Mean cGFR was-7.12mL/min (SD 2.1). Variables significantly related with lower GFR after surgery were loss of renal mass (p=0.01)) and male gender (p=0.03). Four patients (8.8%) experienced hemorrhage. Nine patients (20%) developed a urinary fistula. Only one patient with bleeding required open surgery. Two patients (4.4%) needed transient dialysis. Three patients (6.6%) developed ESRD. Four patients (8.8%) had positive surgical margins (PSMs) and four patients (88%) had local recurrence (2 of these had PSMs). Five patients (11.1%) died during follow-up. Four patients (8.8%) died because of renal cancer. Estimated 2-year overall survival, disease-free survival and cancer specific survival rates were 88.4% (CI 95% 70.5-96); 87.7% (CI 95% 68.1-96) and 92.4% (CI 95% 75-98), respectively. Conclusion: Loss of renal mass and male gender were associated with lower postoperative GFR. Our outcomes were comparable with those in the World literature.
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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Adulto , Anciano , Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía , Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Nefrectomía/métodos , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Periodo Posoperatorio , Pronóstico , Carcinoma de Células Renales/mortalidad , Carcinoma de Células Renales/patología , Índice de Masa Corporal , Tasa de Supervivencia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Factores de Edad , Estadísticas no Paramétricas , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica , Isquemia Fría , Isquemia Tibia , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Tratamientos Conservadores del Órgano , Tasa de Filtración Glomerular , Neoplasias Renales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Nefrectomía/mortalidadRESUMEN
Kidney cancer is the 13th most common malignancy worldwide with significant increase in Stage I renal cell cancer (RCC). Surgical excision by nephron sparing surgery (NSS) remains the treatment of choice for small renal masses (SRMs). One of the variants of partial nephrectomy is simple enucleation (SE) or tumor enucleation (TE). The present review comments on the indications and technical aspects of SE as well as its outcomes. SE/TE has shown both perioperative and oncologic satisfactory results, comparable to partial nephrectomy (PN). It is a valid technique for SRMs and achieves maximum renal parenchymal preservation with an insignificant impact on renal function.
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Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía , Humanos , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Nefrectomía/métodosRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Nephron -sparing surgery is currently the treatment of choice for surgical removal of solid renal tumours smaller than 7 cm, in the case of a solitary kidney, bilateral renal tumours or the presence of chronic renal failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted. The variables evaluated were: age at diagnosis, gender, intraoperative blood loss, operative time, preoperative tumour size, hospital stay, pathology report, pTNM classification, Fuhrman nuclear grade, pre- and post-operative creatinine, monitoring for cancer. All were analysed using SPSS v 22. RESULTS: The study included 28 patients, 14 male and 14 women, with a mean age 52.3 years. The approach was lumbotomy in all patients. The mean hospital stay was 4.1 days. Mean perioperative bleeding loss was 380.3 ml. The mean preoperative creatinine was 0.96 mg/dl, with a post-operative mean of 1.12 mg/dl. Histopathology reported, 23 clear cell tumours, 2 angiomyolipomas, 2 oncocytomas, and 1 haemorrhagic cyst. Tumour staging was performed on 14 patients, with 13 patients T1bN0M0, and 1 patient T2aN0M0. In clear cell tumours, Fuhrman nuclear grade 2 was present in 16 patients and 7 patients were Fuhrman grade 3. CONCLUSION: Nephron sparing surgery is the choice procedure of choice in patients with small renal tumours, with good functional results without significant alteration in renal function. Outcome is optimal, with a low incidence of complications.
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Neoplasias Renales/cirugía , Nefrectomía/métodos , Tratamientos Conservadores del Órgano , Adulto , Anciano , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Renales/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Nefronas , Estudios Retrospectivos , Carga Tumoral , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
The podocyte is a highly differentiated cell located in the outer space of the glomerular basement membrane that deals with many different functions. This phylogenetically preserved cell that is responsible for the virtually absence of proteins in the urine lacks of the capacity to divide under normal conditions. When podocytes receive molecular insults, which normally occur during stress conditions as glomerulonephritis, hyperfiltration or metabolic disturbances, they adapt to the new situation by contracting their actin fibers. This adaptive behavior puts at risk the quality of the plasmatic filtration due to the denudation of the glomerular basement membrane, the potential mesangial inflammation and the appearance of proteinuria; podocytes run the risk of detachment from the basement membrane due to a decrease in the adherence to the surrounding matrix after contraction, a process called foot processes effacement. Podocytes change their shape and under constant mechanical stress they finally detach, rendering the glomerular basement membrane unprotected unless other contiguous podocytes are capable of covering the surface. However, these still anchored podocytes are generally also under the same stress situation and follow the same pathway. Podocyturia refers to the presence of these differentiated cells in the urinary sediment. Noteworthy, the podocytes that are encountered in the urine are viable despite the glomerular hostile environment and the urinary acidity. Podocyturia can precede proteinuria and can aggravate it. Therefore, in diseases that can threaten the glomerular normal environment, the presence and the quantification of urinary podocytes can be of remarkable relevance, as it can herald or accompany the appearance of proteinuria, and could offer another view to the interpretation and clinical approach and outcome of proteinuria. However, its identification needs a wide-spread training among biochemists and technicians, as well as commercially available kits.
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In this study, we show that administration of Bothrops moojeni venom in rats induces a general disturbance in the distribution and content of the tight junctional protein ZO-1, the cell-matrix receptor beta 1 integrin, the cytoskeletal proteins, vinculin and F-actin, and of the extracellular matrix component laminin in renal corpuscles and cortical nephron tubules. These findings suggest that cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion proteins may be molecular targets in the B. moojeni-induced kidney injury.
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Bothrops/metabolismo , Adhesión Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Venenos de Crotálidos/toxicidad , Matriz Extracelular/efectos de los fármacos , Glomérulos Renales/efectos de los fármacos , Túbulos Renales/efectos de los fármacos , Mordeduras de Serpientes/patología , Actinas/metabolismo , Animales , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta , Integrina beta1/metabolismo , Laminina/metabolismo , Ratas , Vinculina/metabolismo , Proteína de la Zonula Occludens-1/metabolismoRESUMEN
INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVO: El mayor uso de imágenes diagnósticas, ha implicado un aumento en el diagnóstico de lesionestumorales renales de menor tamaño, llevando al desarrollo de técnicas quirúrgicas conservadoras de parenquimarenal. Series internacionales han demostrado que los resultados oncológicos de este tipo de cirugía son similares a la nefrectomía radical. Nuestro objetivo es mostrar la experiencia y resultados oncológicos de la cirugía conservadora deparenquima renal. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio retrospectivo, de las nefrectomías parciales y tumorectomías realizadas entre Enero del año 2002 y Junio del año 2013, en el Hospital Clínico Regional de Valdivia. RESULTADOS: 50 pacientes fueron sometidos a cirugía renal conservadora, con 51 cirugías realizadas. 26 corresponden a sexo masculino y 24 a sexo femenino; promedio de edad de 58,2 años. De las cirugías realizadas veinte correspondieron a nefrectomías parciales, contamaño tumoral promedio de 4,3 cms. (2-7 cms.) y 31 a tumorectomías, con tamaño tumoral promedio de 2,5 cms. (1-6,1cms.). Del total de los tumores resecados, ocho (26%) fueron informados como tumores benignos y 43 (84%) corresponden a adenocarcinomas; 41 (95%) corresponden a la variante células claras y solo dos a variante de células cromofobas. Lasbiopsias rápidas están todas entre 1-2 mm de tejido sano como margen, y todas fueron negativas para tumor. La biopsiadiferida, informo cuatro márgenes positivos para tumor. De estas, tres fueron a re-cirugía cuyas biopsias fueron negativaspara tumor. El tiempo promedio de seguimiento fue de 51,1 meses, con una sobrevida actuarial a los diez años cercana al70% y una sobrevida específica a los diez años cercana al 95%...
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The increased use of diagnostic imaging, has involved an increase in the diagnosis ofsmaller tumor lesions, taking the development of conservative surgical techniques of renal parenchyma. Internationalseries have shown that cancer results from this type of surgery are similar to radical nephrectomy. Our goal is to show the experience and oncological results of renal parenchymal sparing surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective studyof tumorectomies and partial nephrectomies performed between January 2002 and June 2013, at the Regional Hospital ofValdivia. RESULTS: 50 patients underwent renal sparing surgery, with 51 surgeries performed. 26 are male and 24 female,average age of 58.2 years old. Of the surgeries performed, twenty were partial nephrectomy, with average tumor size of4.3 cm. (2-7 cms.) and 31 tumorectomies, with average tumor size of 2.5 cm. (1-6.1 cms.). Of all resected tumors, eight (26%)were reported as benign and 43 (84%) were adenocarcinomas, 41 (95%) were clear cell variant and only two chromophobecell variant. Quick biopsies are all 1-2 mm of healthy tissue margin, and all were negative for tumor. The deferred biopsy,reported four positive tumor margins. Of these, three went to re-surgery, whose biopsies were negative for tumor. The average follow-up time was 51.1 months, with an actuarial survival at ten years about 70% and a specific survival at ten years was approximately 95%...