The morphology of renal lobulations and calices, and their relationship to partial nephrectomy
The morphology of renal lobulations and calices, and their relationship to partial nephrectomy
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肾小叶和肾盏的形态及其与肾部分切除术的关系
DOI:
10.1002/bjs.1800510409
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发表时间:
1964
影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
D. Sykes
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作者:
D. Sykes
ADVANCES in surgical techniques are based most firmly on precise researches into the structure and function of the tissue concerned. Most certainly this applies to the procedure of partial nephrectomy. The presence of renal calculi is the most frequent indication for partial nephrectomy. In Hanley’s (1950) series, and also in Stewart’s (1956) series, 80 per cent of partial nephrectomies were undertaken for this condition. The principle of the operation, as performed for this pathological state, is to remove sufficient of the caliceal system and surrounding renal tissue to prevent further stone formation. The amount of renal parenchyma excised in the course of this operation varies considerably among surgeons, as evidenced by their divergence of views on whether the renal incision should be transverse or wedgeshaped. The most frequent site for renal stones to occur is in the lower calices. The word ‘occur’ is used advisedly, since primary renal stones, in contrast to secondary stones, are probably formed initially in the renal parenchyma (Carr, 1954). Stewart (1955) has described how 73 per cent of renal stones occur in the lower calices alone, and, in a further 11 per cent of his series, in association with stones in other regions of the kidney. According to Stewart (1955)~ a partial nephrectomy performed to remove primary stones from the lower calices, and also to prevent further stone formation in this region, must include the excision of the whole of the lower major calix with all its associated minor calices. This is in contrast to a partiaI nephrectomy performed for a primary stone in the upper calices, where it is necessary to remove only the affected minor calices and associated renal parenchyma, although it is technically easier to remove the superior major calix with its associated minor calices. The former procedure is used only if it is essential to conserve renal tissue. Stewart has defined exactly how much of the caliceal system should be removed when operating for renal stones, but no work is available to define how much of the renal parenchyma should be excised concurrently. The Cetacean kidney is a segmental organ that resembles a blackberry. A number of lobules are connected by fibrous tissue; each lobule contains one calix, and is supplied by a single branch of the renal artery and drained by a single tributary of the renal vein. A partial nephrectomy performed on such a kidney would present no problem. The lobulations in the foetal kidney may be vestigial structures or represent surface markings of an underlying segmental arrangement of renal tissue. If the latter is correct then the problem of how much renal parenchyma to resect in a partial nephrectomy, performed