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When using the electrosurgical snare, the renal capsule at the level of the proposed transection is exposed, leaving Gerota's fascia intact over the polar lesion to be removed. The snare is placed around the kidney at the line of excision, and simultaneously tightened down into the parenchyma as the electrical energy incises and coagulates the tissue.
