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[Retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: inicial experience with 50 cases].

Actas Urol Esp

April 2008

Servicio de Urología, Hospital da Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Hospital Vila da Serra and Hospital da Baleia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Purpose: Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy is preferentially performed by transperitoneal approach. Despite offering advantages the direct retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach has not found uniform acceptance due to small working space in the retroperitoneum. Retroperitoneoscopy is our preferred approach for performing radical nephrectomy for localized renal tumors.

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