Laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy with en-bloc distal ureteral and bladder cuff excision using a single
Thomas J Guzzo1, Edward M Schaeffer, Mohamad E Allaf
1The James Buchanan Brady Urologic Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. tguzzo1@jhmi.edu
Urology
|August 2, 2008
Abstract:
We describe a completely laparoscopic approach for en-bloc dissection of the distal ureter and bladder cuff during nephroureterectomy using a pneumovesicum approach and with the need for intraoperative patient repositioning. This technique is efficient, technically feasible and adheres to the oncologic principles of radical nephroureterectomy.

