title: Retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy: initial case report.
abstract: Pre-transplant nephrectomy was done in a 25-year-old man for calculous pyelonephritis using a retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach with a newly devised ligature applicator-dissector- kidney retractor.
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: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Purohit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space