Laparoscopic nephrectomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which deceased or cancerous kidney is removed via an endoscopic technique. A complete guide to indications, procedure, safety, and efficacy of Laparoscopic nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy has been published by National Institute Of Health And Clinical Excellence (NICE). Kidney cancer or renal cell carcinoma accounts for 85% of all kidney tumors and cases of kidney cancer have been rising in India. Over 200,000 new cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed and more than 100,000 deaths occur from this disease each year globally.
Treatment includes radical/partial nephrectomy done by the open, retroperitoneal, laparoscopic, or robotic route. Recently, there has been an increasing preference to laparoscopic nephrectomy. This is because laparoscopic nephrectomy is minimally invasive and associated with less post-operative pain, a…
