Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: Initial Case Report

Ralph V. Clayman, Louis R. Kavoussi, Nathaniel J. Soper, Stephen M. Dierks, Shimon Meretyk, Michael D. Darcy, Frederick D. Roemer, Edward D. Pingleton, Paul Thomson, Stephenie R. Long

The Journal of Urology · 1991 · 1.5K citations · 16 references

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Abstract

A tumor-bearing right kidney was completely excised from an 85-year-old woman using a laparoscopic approach. A newly devised method for intra-abdominal organ entrapment and a recently developed laparoscopic tissue morcellator made it possible to deliver the 190 gm. kidney through an 11 mm. incision.

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