Traditionally, partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma was performed only for tumors
occurring in a solitary kidney or when the patient presented with bilateral disease. 19, 28 …

OBJECTIVES: To perform a systematic review of the available medical data concerning
laparoscopic nephrectomy in children. For many pediatric urologists, the laparoscopic …

Purpose: Laparoscopic procedures are still not widely performed by pediatric urologists due
to operative time and costs as well as the lack of indications and, thus, the lack of sufficient …

Purpose: Retroperitoneal laparoscopic heminephrectomy is a relatively new, well tolerated,
minimally invasive alternative to open surgery for children with a nonfunctioning moiety in a …

Objectives To compare the results of retroperitoneal laparoscopic with open partial
nephroureterectomy. Patients and methods Laparoscopic retroperitoneal partial …

Purpose: In recent years the detection rate for small renal tumors has increased due to the
widespread use of advanced diagnostic imaging techniques, which in turn has increased …

Purpose: Recent advances in laparoscopic surgery as well as increasing experience with
these techniques have led to the selection of laparoscopic surgery for many urological …

Purpose: Laparoscopic renal surgery has become an accepted approach for benign disease
in adults. We compare our experience with laparoscopic and open nephrectomy in a …

Purpose: We assessed the clinical usefulness of laparoscopic retroperitoneal partial
nephrectomy (LRPN) in children by comparing an age matched cohort of pediatric patients …

Purpose: We compared the outcome of laparoscopic vs open PN for duplication anomalies
at our institution. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of all …