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Review
. 2018 Jan 27;19(1):2.
doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0751-x.

Pushing the Envelope: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy as Outpatient Surgery

Nessn H Azawi  1   2 , Tom Christensen  3 , Claus Dahl  3 , Lars Lund  4
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Review

Pushing the Envelope: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy as Outpatient Surgery

Nessn H Azawi et al. Curr Urol Rep. .

Abstract

Purpose of review: The 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 findings: Laparoscopic 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. Patient 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.

Keywords: Fast-track; Kidney cancer; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Outpatient surgery.

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