Laparoscopic nephrectomy

Naomi Feldman; Ralph V. Clayman; Nathaniel J. Soper; Stephen M. Dierks; Michael D. Darcy; Louis R. Kavoussi; Shimon Meretyk; Frederick D. Roemer; Edward D. Pingleton; Paul G. Thomson; Stephanie R. Long

doi:10.1056/NEJM199110103251518

Laparoscopic nephrectomy

Naomi Feldman, Ralph V. Clayman, Nathaniel J. Soper, Stephen M. Dierks, Michael D. Darcy, Louis R. Kavoussi, Shimon Meretyk, Frederick D. Roemer, Edward D. Pingleton, Paul G. Thomson, Stephanie R. Long

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To the Editor: In their letter of May 9, Clayman et al.* report the first laparoscopic nephrectomy. They state that a minimally invasive approach was justifiable because the patient was elderly. Their procedure had an operative time of seven hours and required a 1-unit transfusion and a six-day inpatient hospital stay. In addition, the patient was subjected to possible tumor dissemination. A traditional nephrectomy would probably have had less morbidity. The advanced age of a patient should not be used as an excuse to substitute a glamorous experimental procedure when there is a safe, acceptable, tried and true alternative.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1110-1111
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	325
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199110103251518
State	Published - Oct 10 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Laparoscopic nephrectomy

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