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Radical nephrectomy through total median laparotomy

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Twenty-two carcinoma patients aged less than 65 years were subjected to radical nephrectomy through total median laparotomy. This type of approach provides excellent access to both essential operation phases: vessel management and lymphadenectomy. Postoperative abdominal complications and hernia have not been encountered.

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Pajor, L., Frang, D., Szabó, V. et al. Radical nephrectomy through total median laparotomy. International Urology and Nephrology 21, 251–255 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02559734

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