Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy: initial clinical case report

J Laparoendosc Surg. 1991 Dec;1(6):343-9. doi: 10.1089/lps.1991.1.343.

Abstract

Using a 12-mm GIA laparoscopic stapling device, a method of organ entrapment, and a recently developed high-speed electrical tissue morcellator, laparoscopic nephroureterectomy was accomplished in an 82-year-old male with a low-grade transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Laparoscopes*
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy / methods*
  • Surgical Staplers*
  • Ureter / surgery*