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Comparative Study
. 2015 Jan-Mar;19(1):e2014.00097.
doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00097.

Management of renal cysts

Okan Bas  1 , Ismail Nalbant  2 , Nevzat Can Sener  3 , Hacer Firat  4 , Süleyman Yeşil  5 , Kürşad Zengin  6 , Fatih Yalcınkaya  7 , Abdurrahim Imamoglu  7
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Comparative Study

Management of renal cysts

Okan Bas et al. JSLS. 2015 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Background and objectives: Renal cysts have a high prevalence in the general population, and their estimated incidence increases with age. Renal cyst aspiration (usually with sclerotherapy) or open/laparoscopic decortication is a generally effective and safe method in the treatment of symptomatic simple renal cysts. The success rates of laparoscopic decortication and percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy were compared to assist in the decision making for the procedure.

Methods: A total of 184 patients with symptomatic simple renal cysts were treated with either laparoscopic decortication in 149 cases or percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy in 35 cases. The follow-up period was approximately 35 months, and the symptomatic and radiologic success rates of the 2 techniques were compared retrospectively.

Results: Laparoscopic decortication was found to have high success rates, a low recurrence rate, and minimal morbidity. Percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy is an outpatient procedure with a minimally higher recurrence rate.

Conclusion: When a symptomatic cyst is encountered and treatment of the cyst is indicated, laparoscopic decortication is a more efficient method that offers better results than percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy.

Keywords: Laparoscopy; Renal cyst; Sclerotherapy.

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Figure 1.
Comparison of symptomatic and radiologic success rates of laparoscopic decortication and percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy. Asterisk indicates statistically different from the percutaneous aspiration-sclerotherapy group (P < .05).
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