title: [Right laparoscopic lumbar sympathectomy].
abstract: Laparoscopic lumbar sympathectomy was performed on a young man with thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). The surgeons disposition, trocars placement and dissection technique are described in detail. The retroperitoneal approach was done in a manner similar to laparoscopic properitoneal hernia repair. The operation can be carried out with common laparoscopic equipment (for cholecystectomy) and offers the benefits of minimally invasive surgery.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie Generală, Spitalul Clinic Sf. Ioan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iorgulescu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turcu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iordache
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Copăescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery