Laparoscopic Renal Surgery with the Argon Beam Coagulator

Marshall L. Stoller, Peter R. Carroll, J. Stuart Wolfe Jr., Gordon R. Gluckman, Pierce B. Irby

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-1804
Year Produced: 1993
Length: 12 min.


A pair of symptomatic anterior calyceal diverticula were resected laparoscopically. Delineation of anatomy with computed tomography, pyelography, and intraoperative retrograde instillation of methylene blue was invaluable. The argon beam coagulator provided excellent hemostasis. The patient returned to normal activity, symptom free, eight days postoperatively. Laparoscopic renal surgery with the argon beam coagulator has potential for wide-spread application.