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Single Port Donor Nephrectomy
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Cited by 5 •
2011
Single port laparoscopic surgery is changing the standard of care in surgical care like nothing since the laparoscopic technique was introduced 20 years ago. We present out technique of single port donor nephrectomy using the Gelpoint device. We have successfully performed this surgery in 100 patients.
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A Mouse 5/6th Nephrectomy Model That Induces Experimental Uremic Cardiomyopathy
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2017
This manuscript provides a detailed two-step surgical procedure to perform mouse 5/6th partial nephrectomy (PNx) with pole ligation. Four weeks after surgery, in comparison with sham-operated mice, the PNx mice developed impaired renal function, anemia, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, and decreased heart systolic and diastolic function.
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Modeling Spontaneous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) in Mice Following Nephrectomy
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2014
Models of spontaneous metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) disease progression can be used for evaluating treatments in a clinically relevant setting. This protocol demonstrates different procedures for orthotopic kidney tumor cell implantation, proper nephrectomy, and finally outlines a necropsy guide for visual and bioluminescent scoring of metastatic burden and localization.
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Single-port Robotic Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision in a Porcine Model (Sus scrofa domesticus)
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2026
This protocol demonstrates Single-port (SP) robotic transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) in a porcine model, highlighting procedural feasibility, technical steps, and preclinical applicability for minimally invasive rectal surgery.
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Single-Port Robotic-assisted Transaxillary Breast-conserving Surgery: A Prospective, Single-arm, Non-randomized Phase IIa Clinical Trial
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2025
This prospective study evaluated the implementation of a novel, single-port, robotic platform in oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery for malignant lesions. The primary endpoint focused on technical success, defined as the achievement of tumor-free resection margins confirmed by intraoperative frozen-section histopathology, with secondary assessment of aesthetic outcomes and life quality score of patients.
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Carbon dioxide creates abdominal working space by gently expanding the operative field around the kidney. This space allows the camera and specialized instruments to function through the multichannel port while giving the surgeon room to visualize and manipulate tissue. Maintaining this working environment is essential for performing the dissection and vessel and ureter management through one access site.
The multichannel port provides a shared entry point for the camera and specialized instruments. Their coordinated use lets surgeons view the operative field while isolating, sealing, and dividing the renal blood vessels and ureter. This arrangement concentrates access through one incision but aims to preserve the visualization and instrument control associated with laparoscopic or robotic surgery.
The operation requires careful isolation followed by sealing and division of the renal blood vessels and ureter before the kidney is removed. Managing these structures in a controlled sequence supports safe separation of the kidney from its connections. This step is central to completing the resection while maintaining the precision expected from minimally invasive visualization and instrument control.
Its principal distinction is the access strategy: the kidney is reached through one small incision rather than an open incision or several laparoscopic access points. The approach may reduce abdominal scarring while retaining camera-based visualization and specialized instrument control. It therefore represents an alternative technique when the surgical indication and operative circumstances are appropriate.
The surgeon first establishes abdominal working space with carbon dioxide and places a multichannel port through the single incision. Using the camera and instruments, the renal blood vessels and ureter are identified, isolated, sealed, and divided. The kidney is then extracted through the access site. These steps combine exposure, controlled separation, and specimen removal within one operative pathway.
The technique can be used for kidney tumors, severely nonfunctioning kidneys, and selected living-donor procedures. These applications reflect different clinical reasons for removing a kidney, but all require the surgeon to complete vascular and ureteral management before extraction. The choice of approach depends on whether the case is suitable for the single-port method described.
Selected living-donor cases are among the reported applications of this minimally invasive approach. In that setting, the operation combines kidney removal with the access and visualization principles of single-port surgery. Its potential to limit abdominal scarring, while preserving laparoscopic or robotic instrument control, provides a surgical rationale for considering the technique in appropriate donor procedures.