Pushing the Envelope: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy as Outpatient Surgery

AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe purposes of this review were to identify the possible limiting factors prohibiting laparoscopic nephrectomy being performed as an outpatient surgery and optimize these limiting factors.Recent FindingsLaparoscopic nephrectomy for patients who have kidney cancer can be performed as an outpatient surgery in well-selected, well-educated, and well-informed patients in a well-prepared hospital culture.SummaryPatient confidence, pain, and hospital culture are the most important limiting factors to the performance of laparoscopic nephrectomy as an outpatient procedure. Controlling these factors leads to a high success rate for the outpatient procedure.
Source: Current Urology Reports - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research