title: Laparoscopic nephrectomy: initial case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, (Division of Urologic Surgery), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Clayman
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kavoussi
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Soper
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dierks
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meretyk
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Darcy
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pingleton
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: 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