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Adult prone retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy: initial experience
Benjamin Davies1, Jeffrey C Bassett, Stephen V Jackman
1Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. daviesb@upmc.edu
Urology
|May 16, 2006
Abstract:
To our knowledge, we provide an initial description of an adult patient undergoing a retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy in the prone position. The prone position was chosen because of the posteromedial location of the patient's right kidney lesion. We describe our surgical methods and the potential pitfalls to this approach.
