In This video Dr R K Mishra delivering lecture on Laparoscopic Nephrectomy at World Laparoscopy Hospital. Laparoscopic Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. The first successful nephrectomy was performed by the German surgeon Gustav Simon. There are various indications for this procedure, such as renal cell carcinoma, a non-functioning kidney (which may cause high blood pressure) and a congenitally small kidney (in which the kidney is swelling, causing it to press on nerves which can cause pain in unrelated areas such as the back).