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The clinical use of CO 2 laser beam in the surgery of kidney parenchyma
Author(s) -
Barzilay Benjamin,
Lijovetzky Graciela,
Shapiro Amos,
Caine Marco
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900020110
Subject(s) - nephrectomy , medicine , hemostasis , parenchyma , blood loss , kidney , surgery , renal parenchyma , radiology , urology , pathology
Encouraged by the experimental work done on 40 kidneys in 20 dogs using the CO 2 laser beam for partial nephrectomies, we decided to use the laser in four patients. Three of them underwent lower partial nephrectomy, and the fourth underwent bivalving of kidney through the anatrophic line. The use of this new instrument was very helpful in reducing blood loss, shortening the time of hemostasis, and minimizing parenchymal damage. Case No. 1 is the first published case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis that underwent partial nephrectomy with success.