title: Specimen processing during laparoscopic renal surgery: a review of techniques and technologies.
abstract: Laparoscopic surgery has well-defined benefits for patients and has become accepted over time as a standard access strategy for the management of benign and malignant urologic diseases. Unlike in open surgery, the surgeon is often faced with the additional challenges of specimen retrieval and extraction at the end of laparoscopic extirpative procedures. This final step often requires significant laparoscopic skill to entrap and safely extract the laparoscopic specimens. Failure to apply safe exit steps at the end of a laparoscopic procedure may lead to significant morbidity. The aim of this review is to explore the different techniques and technologies available for laparoscopic kidney retrieval, entrapment and safe extraction.
authors: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Saleh
authors: S
authors: Binsaleh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
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