title: Laparoscopic renal biopsy via retroperitoneal approach.
abstract: Renal biopsy was performed in 17 patients using the balloon technique of endoscopy of the retroperitoneum. There was good exposure of the kidney and a sufficient amount of renal tissue was obtained in all patients with minimum postoperative morbidity. The preliminary results show that this method could become a safe and reliable alternative to open surgical biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Khochikar
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Purohit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space