{"title":"Retroperitoneal surgery of the kidney, ureter and adrenal gland.","authors":"D D Gaur","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seventy-one retroperitoneal endoscopic procedures on the kidney, ureter and adrenal gland were performed in 69 patients, using the balloon technique of retroperitoneoscopy. There were 9 failures in this series, all of which were converted into an open procedure. The balloon satisfactorily dissected the kidney and the ureter in 59 patients (85%). There were no major complications and the minor complication rate was 20%. Forty-nine patients were discharged the next day, while 20 were kept in hospital for 2 to 5 days. The balloon technique of retroperitoneoscopy is safe, simple and reliable for exposing the kidney, ureter and the adrenal gland.</p>","PeriodicalId":79337,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic surgery and allied technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Endoscopic surgery and allied technologies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Seventy-one retroperitoneal endoscopic procedures on the kidney, ureter and adrenal gland were performed in 69 patients, using the balloon technique of retroperitoneoscopy. There were 9 failures in this series, all of which were converted into an open procedure. The balloon satisfactorily dissected the kidney and the ureter in 59 patients (85%). There were no major complications and the minor complication rate was 20%. Forty-nine patients were discharged the next day, while 20 were kept in hospital for 2 to 5 days. The balloon technique of retroperitoneoscopy is safe, simple and reliable for exposing the kidney, ureter and the adrenal gland.