[Indication and limitation of endoscopic surgery against urological cancer]

Endoscopic surgery in the urological field begins with cystoscopy and transurethral resection, and it develops into laparoscopic surgery. The indication of laparoscopic surgery for a malignant tumor also gradually expands. It is virtually impossible to search for urological cancer using laparoscopic procedures. In particular, out laparoscopic nephrectomy for renal cancer and transurethral resection for bladder cancer used widely in Japan. In the future, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and the laparoscopic procedure for adrenal cancer and prostate cancer are considered to become widespread.