Laparoscopic nephrectomy: initial case report.
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.
Clayman
R V
RV
Department of Surgery, (Division of Urologic Surgery), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Kavoussi
L R
LR
Soper
N J
NJ
Dierks
S M
SM
Meretyk
S
S
Darcy
M D
MD
Roemer
F D
FD
Pingleton
E D
ED
Thomson
P G
PG
Long
S R
SR
D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed