title: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: Initial Case Report.
abstract: A tumor-bearing right kidney was completely excised from an 85-year-old woman using a laparoscopic approach. A newly devised method for intra-abdominal organ entrapment and a recently developed laparoscopic tissue morcellator made it possible to deliver the 190 gm. kidney through an 11 mm. incision.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Ralph V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Clayman
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Louis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kavoussi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Nathaniel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Soper
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dierks
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Shimon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meretyk
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Darcy
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Frederick D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Edward D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pingleton
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery (Division of Urologic Surgery) and Radiology, and Division of General Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Cook Urological, Inc., Spencer, Indiana.
authors.forename: Stephenie R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: carcinoma; kidney neoplasms; laparoscopy; nephrectomy