Nephrectomy (kidney removal) is one of the common laparoscopic surgery done in urology. It can be undertaken in patients with benign conditions such as non functional kidney due to renal or ureteric stone, pelvi-uretetic junction obstruction, pyonephrosis, ureteric stricture, vesico-ureteric reflux etc. When nephrectomy is done in cancer patients, it is called radical nephrectomy. Here… Continue reading