Laparoscopic assisted live donor nephrectomy - A comparison with the open approach

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-233

  Ratner, Lloyd E ^a,b   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a   Sroka, Myrna ^a   Hiller, Janet ^a   Weber, Rebecca ^a   Schulam, Peter G ^a   Montgomery, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030953851     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199701270-00009     Document Type: Article

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