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Evolution of the Application of Techniques Derived from Abdominal Transplant Surgery in Urologic Oncology

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Purpose of Review

The techniques derived from abdominal transplant surgery have become a major actor in recent surgical evolution by providing a more optimal solution for urologic malignancies hosted in the upper abdomen. To describe in detail the objectives, rationale, relevant milestones, and surgical maneuvers of the so-called transplant techniques as applied to complex urologic oncology cases.

Recent Findings

The transplant-based surgical approach aims to decrease perioperative complications by improving tumor accessibility and field visibility through an enhanced exposure (via the use of a transverse incision, a specific retractor, and specific surgical maneuvers). A sequence of milestones inspired these advances, which finally brought the technique into maturation.

Summary

The transplant-based approach has demonstrated its safety and usefulness even in the low-volume practice of more complicated urologic oncology, offering protection against the occurrence of perioperative adverse events and placing us at the gates of a new stage of surgical innovation.

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    Javier González

  2. Miami Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Jeffrey J. Gaynor, Mahmoud Alameddine & Gaetano Ciancio

  3. Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Mahmoud Alameddine & Gaetano Ciancio

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González, J., Gaynor, J.J., Alameddine, M. et al. Evolution of the Application of Techniques Derived from Abdominal Transplant Surgery in Urologic Oncology. Curr Urol Rep 19, 6 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-018-0753-8

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