Hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

Minimally invasive live donor nephrectomy has been described using both standard laparoscopic dissection and “gasless” endoscopically assisted techniques. We report another method, hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, which uses an occlusive sleeve to maintain pneumoperitoneum. The pro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) N.J.), 1998-11, Vol.52 (5), p.885-887
Main Authors: Wolf, J.Stuart, Tchetgen, Marie-Blanche, Merion, Robert M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Hand
Humans
Laparoscopy - methods
Living Donors
Medical sciences
Nephrectomy - methods
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Minimally invasive live donor nephrectomy has been described using both standard laparoscopic dissection and “gasless” endoscopically assisted techniques. We report another method, hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, which uses an occlusive sleeve to maintain pneumoperitoneum. The procedure is performed under excellent laparoscopic visualization in a generous operative field, and is facilitated substantially by manual assistance, which takes advantage throughout the procedure of the incision that is necessary for intact organ removal. The results of our first procedure are encouraging.
ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00389-6