Anterior-retroperitoneal living donor nephrectomy: Technique and outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Jones, Kenneth W ^a   Peters, Thomas G ^a,b   Walker, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Methodist Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032913098     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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