Laparoscopic renal surgery in patients at high risk for intra-abdominal or retroperitoneal scarring

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Chen, Roland N ^a   Moore, Robert G ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Schulam, Peter ^a   Hedican, Sean P ^a   Llorens, Shirley A ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS SURGERY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROPERITONEUM; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031752515     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1998.12.143     Document Type: Article

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