Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney

A 68-year-old man with an incidentally found 2-cm, complex enhancing cystic right renal mass in the right moiety of a horseshoe kidney was treated with a three-port retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach. The tumor was completely excised with cold Endoshears, and Surgicel bolsters were tightly buttressed into the resection bed with 0 Vicryl sutures. The warm ischemia time was 31 minutes. To our knowledge, this is the initial case of retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney. Three-dimensional CT with volume rendering in a video format provides the necessary information about the number, location, and extrarenal anatomy of the renal artery and vein.