Ultrasonic Dissector-Assisted Ex Vivo Partial Nephrectomy with Orthotopic Auto- transplantation for Treatment of Renal Carcinoma

Philip J. Walther, Richard L. McCann

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-1705
Year Produced: 1990
Length: 23 min.


The management of centrally located renal carcinoma in a solitary kidney is problematic. Ex vivo bench surgery remains an optimal approach, but identification of vascular structures during nonperfusion can be difficult; substantial bleeding after reanastomosis may occur. Successful use of ultrasonic probe dissection greatly facilitates such a procedure and will be demonstrated in conjunction with bench surgery and renal autotransplantation.