Prospective, case matched comparison of hand assisted laparoscopic and open surgical live donor nephrectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1650-1653

  Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a,b   Marcovich, Robert ^a   Merion, Robert M ^a   Konnak, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Laparoscopy; Living donors; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0034040757     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67513-1     Document Type: Article

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