Retroperitoneoscopy: Experience with 200 cases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1265-1269

  Rassweiler, Jens J ^a   Seemann, Otmar ^a   Frede, Thomas ^a   Henkel, Thomas O ^a   Alken, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROPATHY; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEOSCOPY; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032323535     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62512-6     Document Type: Article

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