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Difficulties in Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy

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Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has gained widespread acceptance as the standard of care for localized renal cell carcinoma. Since its inception, the technique has continued to evolve and, therefore, it is not surprising that variations in technique exist. The chapter describes manuvers to safely perform the procedure.

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  1. Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Rakesh V. Khanna MD

  2. Center for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Robert J. Stein MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait

    Ahmed Al-Kandari

  2. Department of Urology, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad, Gujarat, India

    Arvind P. Ganpule

  3. Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Raed A. Azhar

  4. USC Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Inderbir S. Gill

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Khanna, R.V., Stein, R.J. (2018). Difficulties in Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy. In: Al-Kandari, A., Ganpule, A., Azhar, R., Gill, I. (eds) Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52581-5_7

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