Is the laparoscopic approach justified in patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis?

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Bercowsky, Eduardo ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a   Portis, Andrew ^a   Elbahnasy, Abdelhamid M ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0032838193     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00261-7     Document Type: Article

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