The first report of a single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy in a child

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Publicado el: 2010-04-03

GelPoint® la plataforma laparoscópica en un solo puerto

 Hong Kong Med J. 2010 Apr;16(2):153-4.

The first report of a single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy in a child.


Wong KK, Chung PH, Lan LC, Chan IH, Tam PK.

Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. kkywong@hku.hk

There has been an exponential rise in the use of minimally invasive procedures in surgery, with obvious benefits to patients. Recently, transumbilical single-port laparoscopic surgery has been championed as the next major technical advance. In this article, we report the first case where single-port laparoscopic surgery has been used to manage a paediatric problem in the region.

PMID: 20354253 [PubMed - in process