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Objective Little is known about the real impact of working conditions on the health of call center employees. The aim of this article is to describe the working conditions of French electricity and gas company customer service teams, especially those spending more than 75% of their working time handling calls in order to determine their subjective experience of their work and identify situations at...
Laparoscopic cryoablation has recently been proposed as a minimally invasive nephron-sparing treatment for selected patients. We report on our experience with a retroperitoneoscopic technique using multiple ultrathin cryoprobes.Seven patients underwent retroperitoneoscopic renal cryoablation for solid renal masses. Mean tumor size on the CT scan was 2.6 (1.5–3.5) cm. A double freeze-thaw cycle of...
The management of caliceal diverticular calculi has changed from an open surgical approach to endoscopic management. Different minimally invasive treatment modalities, such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, laparoscopy, and retroperitoneoscopy, can be offered to the patient. We report on a retroperitoneoscopic operative technique using endosonography...
The feasibility and safety of remote laparoscopic surgery using a surgical telemanipulator have been demonstrated in laboratory experience and recently in clinical practice. To our knowledge we report the first robot assisted, laparoscopic nephrectomy in a human. A 77-year-old woman was diagnosed with a nonfunctioning hydronephrotic right kidney due to ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Robot...
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