Prospective Evaluation of Preoperative Factors to Predict Intraoperative Difficulty during Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Simple Nephrectomy for Non-functioning Kidney Secondary to Urolithiasis
Baikuntha Adhikari, Parash Mani Shrestha, Robin Bahadur Basnet, Chitaranjan Shah & Arvind Kumar Shah · Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Urology · 2023
Background: Laparoscopic simple nephrectomy (LSN) for non-functioning kidney (NFK) due to urolithiasis is considered difficult with higher conversions to open surgery and complication rates than radical nephrectomy. Preoperative assessment of operative difficulty would be useful...
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