Open AccessCan preoperative clinicoradiological parameters predict the difficulty during laparoscopic retroperitoneal simple nephrectomy? – A prospective study
Author(s) -
Sumit Gahlawat,
Rajeev Sood,
Umesh Sharma,
Nikhil Khattar,
Arif Akhtar,
Praveen Kumar Pandey,
Akhila Prasad,
Swati Jain
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_141_17
Subject(s) - pyonephrosis , medicine , nephrectomy , radiological weapon , surgery , adipose capsule of kidney , laparoscopy , retroperitoneal space , nephrostomy , urinoma , radiology , kidney , percutaneous
Urologists tend to prefer retroperitoneal approach for open nephrectomy and transperitoneal route for laparoscopic nephrectomy. Urologists consider retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach difficult to learn and perform. There is a need to objectively define predictors of difficulty during laparoscopic retroperitoneal simple nephrectomy (LRSN) for the proper preoperative selection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to prospectively assess the factors associated with difficulty during LRSN.