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Pediatric Laparoscopic and Robotic Upper Pole Nephrectomy for Nonfunctioning Moieties

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In 1993, Jordan and Winslow described laparoscopic upper pole partial nephrectomy in a 14-year-old girl with bilateral duplicated collecting systems [1]. Since that time, there has been a substantial amount of literature devoted to laparoscopic renal surgery in children. Prior to and including 2009, there have been 28 case series of retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy [2–29], 26 case series of transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy [2, 11, 28, 30–52], and 3 case series of robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy [53–55]. Regardless of the approach taken, the literature reveals that laparoscopic renal ablative surgery in children is safe and effective [56].

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Cannon, G.M., Lee, R.S. (2011). Pediatric Laparoscopic and Robotic Upper Pole Nephrectomy for Nonfunctioning Moieties. In: Ost, M. (eds) Robotic and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery in Children and Adults. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-914-7_6

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