Comparison of Laparoscopic Radical Renal Surgery in Morbidly Obese and Non-obese Patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy is rapidly becoming accepted as the preferred management of low-stage renal masses not amenable to partial nephrectomy. Minimally invasive surgery is advantageous to decrease perioperative and postoperative morbidity and allows patients to return to normal activities faster. Obesity has been a relative contraindication to this technique, and these patients have traditionally undergone …