Laparoscopic renal cryoablation: Initial clinical series

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-551

  Gill, Inderbir S ^a   Novick, Andrew C ^a   Soble, Jon J ^a   Sung, Gyung Tak ^a   Remer, Erick M ^a   Hale, Jonathan ^a   O'Malley, Charles M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032190128     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00309-4     Document Type: Article

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