Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: Advantages of the hand-assisted method

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 581-583

  Slakey, Douglas P ^a   Wood, Joseph C ^a   Hender, Derek ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a   Cheng, Stephen ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032852143     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199908270-00024     Document Type: Article

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