Upper Pole Nephrectomy: A Simplified Technique Using a Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Approach

Objective. To describe a simplified technique already used in our institution for several years in the open heminephrectomy for duplication anomalies, now performed through a retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach. Methods. The technique begins with upper pole parenchyma incision since the demarcatio...

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Main Authors: Joana Pereira, Angélica Osório, João Moreira-Pinto, José Cidade-Rodrigues, Carlos Enes, Armando Reis, João Ribeiro-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/570790