Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Patients with renal tumors <7 cm and those at risk for a significant loss of renal function should be managed with a partial nephrectomy if it is technically feasible. Partial nephrectomy (PN) results in similar oncologic outcomes with radical nephrectomy. With advent of the technology and inc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Galenos Publishing House
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Urological Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://jurolsurgery.org/article_8801/Laparoscopic-Partial-Nephrectomy |
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| Summary: | Patients with renal tumors <7 cm and those at risk for a significant loss of renal
function should be managed with a partial nephrectomy if it is technically
feasible. Partial nephrectomy (PN) results in similar oncologic outcomes with
radical nephrectomy. With advent of the technology and increase utilization
of laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic approach is considered as one of the
option for partial nephrectomy. However laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
is technically very difficult procedure and should be performed only by
physicians with extensive experience using this approach. In this section, we
aimed to present the technical steps of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy |
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| ISSN: | 2148-9580 |