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The first laparoscopic renal procedure was performed at Washington University in St. Louis in the late spring of 1990 [1]. This approach was conceived and engineered by Dr. Ralph Clayman. For several years leading up to the event, Dr. Clayman had a laparoscopic set sitting in the corner of his office. Many a resident who sat in the office heard Dr. Clayman opine that someday that equipment would be used to remove a solid organ. They smiled politely although most thought it was an impossible harebrained scheme.
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Kavoussi, L.R. (2018). History of Laparoscopic Renal Surgery. In: Patel, S., Moran, M., Nakada, S. (eds) The History of Technologic Advancements in Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61691-9_18
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