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Retroperitoneum is a familiar space for all the Urologists. Prof. Wickham in 1979 was the first to perform retroperitoneoscopy to remove a ureteric stone. After a long period of 10–12 years it became a viable alternative to transperitoneal approach, after being popularized by Prof. Ralph Clayman [2]. Dr. Gaur [3–6] brought in a new concept of using a balloon to distend the retroperitoneal space (RPS) before pneumo insufflation that is widely practiced now. Later on a variety of retroperitoneal balloons were designed.
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Ramalingam, M., Senthil, K., Murugesan, A. (2017). Basic Techniques in Retroperitoneoscopy. In: Patel, V., Ramalingam, M. (eds) Operative Atlas of Laparoscopic and Robotic Reconstructive Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33231-4_3
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