title: Alternative endoscopic access techniques to the retroperitoneum.
abstract: Operative retroperitoneoscopy provides a less traumatic alternative to transperitoneal laparoscopy for the minimal access surgery of retroperitoneal structures. Although open and closed techniques have been described for achieving access, the former allows the creation of a larger initial retroperitoneal workspace with a greater margin of safety and in a shorter space of time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, England.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Eden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D007327:Insufflation; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013997:Time Factors