Laparoscopic Nephrectomy in Pediatrics: Experience from a New Pediatric Urology Department

It has helped in reductions in the morbidity due to surgical incisions andlonger length of hospital stay. At first, description of diagnostic laparoscopy was given by Cortesi et al in year 1976 for the diagnosing ano palpable undescended testis. Since then, laparoscopy has been frequently adopted for various procedures in pediatric urology [1-3].In past few years laparoscopic mode of surgery has penetrated most of the specialties in adult age group. However recently, with modifications of these adult laparoscopic methodologies in pediatric age group have led to successful application of Abstract

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