Minimally invasive surgery has grownexponentially over the last two decades.With smaller incisions, reduced bloodloss, shortened hospital stay and time toconvalescence, and reduced postoperativepain, laparoscopy has gained momentumas the preferred approach to manysurgical procedures. This is especially truein the field of urology where minimallyinvasive approaches to nephrectomy,adrenalectomy, pyeloplasty, and prostatectomyhave become commonplace.
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