Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy Workup

  • Author: William J Harmon, MD; Chief Editor: Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS   more...
 
Updated: Jan 23, 2012
 

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William J Harmon, MD  Director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, Urology San Antonio, PA, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Urology, UTHSC, San Antonio, TX

William J Harmon, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Urological Association and Phi Beta Kappa

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Robert P Caruso, MD  Director of Robotic and Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery, Essex-Hudson Urology PC, Bloomfield, New Jersey

Robert P Caruso, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Urological Association, and Phi Beta Kappa

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Jay T Bishoff, MD  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Utah College of Medicine; Director, Intermountain Urological Institute, Intermountain Health Care

Jay T Bishoff, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons and American Urological Association

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD  Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD  Paul A Bunn Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology, Director, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center

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J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS  The David A Bloom Professor of Urology, Director, Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical School

J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Catholic Medical Association, Endourological Society, Society for Urology and Engineering, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Society of University Urologists, and Society of Urologic Oncology

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Chief Editor

Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS  Professor of Urology, Director, Center for Laparoscopy and Endourology, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Endourological Society, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, and Society of University Urologists

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Trocar placement for a left laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN).
Trocar placement for a right laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN).
Colon mobilization for a right laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN).
Right ureteral dissection using a suction aspirator.
Transection of right renal artery with the endovascular stapler.
Kidney is entrapped in a sack and is then morcellated with ring forceps.
 
 
 
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