Technical considerations in the delivery of the kidney during laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-430

  Ratner, Lloyd E ^a,c   Fabrizio, Michael ^a   Chavin, Kenneth ^b   Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Mandal, Aloke K ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032868371     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00180-5     Document Type: Article

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