title: Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in upper-pole apical renal tumor using gauze sling and flexible laparoscope.
abstract: Upper-pole apical renal tumors are difficult to see using conventional rigid laparoscopes during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Added to this, the instrument angle makes tumor excision and kidney reconstruction difficult. We therefore elevated the kidney using a gauze sling and observed the lesion through a flexible laparoscope. With a clear field of vision, we could excise tumors and repair the kidney more easily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Taek Sang
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsukawa
authors.forename: Momokazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: Yoshinari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed