title: Retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy in children.
abstract: Retroperitoneal pediatric laparoscopic nephrectomy is described in 3 patients requiring 3 to 5 hours with an estimated blood loss of 10 to 60 cc. The children returned to school within 7 days postoperatively. Advantages of this procedure include the avoidance of intraoperative repositioning of the patient and easy conversion to an open lumbodorsal approach, if necessary; early laparoscopic visualization of the renal artery; applicability in cases of previous abdominal surgery, and avoidance of intraperitoneal adhesion.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McDougall
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space