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01-03-2018 | Kidney Diseases (G Ciancio, Section Editor)

Evolution of the Application of Techniques Derived from Abdominal Transplant Surgery in Urologic Oncology

Authors: Javier González, Jeffrey J. Gaynor, Mahmoud Alameddine, Gaetano Ciancio

Published in: Current Urology Reports | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Purpose of Review

The techniques derived from abdominal transplant surgery have become a major actor in recent surgical evolution by providing a more optimal solution for urologic malignancies hosted in the upper abdomen. To describe in detail the objectives, rationale, relevant milestones, and surgical maneuvers of the so-called transplant techniques as applied to complex urologic oncology cases.

Recent Findings

The transplant-based surgical approach aims to decrease perioperative complications by improving tumor accessibility and field visibility through an enhanced exposure (via the use of a transverse incision, a specific retractor, and specific surgical maneuvers). A sequence of milestones inspired these advances, which finally brought the technique into maturation.

Summary

The transplant-based approach has demonstrated its safety and usefulness even in the low-volume practice of more complicated urologic oncology, offering protection against the occurrence of perioperative adverse events and placing us at the gates of a new stage of surgical innovation.

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Title: Evolution of the Application of Techniques Derived from Abdominal Transplant Surgery in Urologic Oncology
Authors: Javier González
Jeffrey J. Gaynor
Mahmoud Alameddine
Gaetano Ciancio
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Urology Reports / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1527-2737
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-018-0753-8

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Evolution of the Application of Techniques Derived from Abdominal Transplant Surgery in Urologic Oncology

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Recent Findings

Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

Recent Findings

Summary

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