Recently two separate groups have reported the successful carrying out of the first-ever human transvaginal nephrectomy--one report coming from the Cleveland Clinic and another from Venezuela. The surgery is being developed as an even less invasive surgical approach than laparoscopy to nephrectomy--in the Cleveland Clinic case, for instance, the patient was able to be discharged within 24 hours following the procedure. Transvaginal nephrectomy is one of several procedures included in the evolving and acronymed field of NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopy surgery).
No comments:
Post a Comment
Renal Fellow Network encourages comments and discussion regarding the posts. Do not post any comments that are commercial or advertising in nature. Posts will be deleted if commercial or advertising comments are made. Internet users commenting on the Renal Fellow Network must post information which is true and correct to their knowledge. Sources to health/medical claims must be provided when relevant. Moderators reserve the right to erase, without notification, any comment they would judge inappropriate.