TY - JOUR
T1 - Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
T2 - Laboratory and Clinical Experience
AU - Kerbl, Kurt
AU - Figenshau, Robert S.
AU - Clayman, Ralph V.
AU - Chandhoke, Paramjit S.
AU - Kavoussi, Louis R.
AU - Albala, David M.
AU - Stone, A. Marika
PY - 1993/2
Y1 - 1993/2
N2 - Laparoscopic nephrectomy using an entirely retroperitoneal approach was performed in six anesthetized female pigs. In each animal, the kidney was localized using fluoroscopy, following which the retroperitoneum was insufflated with CO2. Subsequently, a retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed in a 48-year-old man with a chronically obstructed, nonfunctioning kidney. Although the retroperitoneal approach provides excellent exposure for the dissection of the renal hilum, anatomic factors in the human limit port placement and organ entrapment and increase the risk for development of a pneumothorax.
AB - Laparoscopic nephrectomy using an entirely retroperitoneal approach was performed in six anesthetized female pigs. In each animal, the kidney was localized using fluoroscopy, following which the retroperitoneum was insufflated with CO2. Subsequently, a retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed in a 48-year-old man with a chronically obstructed, nonfunctioning kidney. Although the retroperitoneal approach provides excellent exposure for the dissection of the renal hilum, anatomic factors in the human limit port placement and organ entrapment and increase the risk for development of a pneumothorax.
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U2 - 10.1089/end.1993.7.23
DO - 10.1089/end.1993.7.23
M3 - Article
C2 - 8481717
AN - SCOPUS:0027322621
SN - 0892-7790
VL - 7
SP - 23
EP - 26
JO - Journal of Endourology
JF - Journal of Endourology
IS - 1
ER -