Laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy: Results of an international multicenter study

European Urology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-452

  El Fettouh, Hazem Abou ^a   Rassweiler, Jens J ^b   Schulze, Michael ^b   Salomon, Laurent ^c   Allan, James ^d   Ramakumar, Sanjay ^e   Jarrett, Thomas ^e   Abbou, Claude C ^c   Tolley, David A ^d   Kavoussi, Louis R ^e   Gill, Inderbir S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy; Multicenter analysis; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URETER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEPHRECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036855144     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00370-6     Document Type: Article

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