title: Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy: initial clinical case report.
abstract: Using a 12-mm GIA laparoscopic stapling device, a method of organ entrapment, and a recently developed high-speed electrical tissue morcellator, laparoscopic nephroureterectomy was accomplished in an 82-year-old male with a low-grade transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Clayman
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kavoussi
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Figenshau
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chandhoke
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Albala
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020706:Laparoscopes; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*