Quality of life, pain and return to normal activities following laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus open mini-incision donor nephrectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2018-2021

  Perry, Kent T ^a   Freedland, Stephen J ^a   Hu, Jim C ^a   Phelan, Michael W ^a   Kristo, Blaine ^a   Gritsch, Albin H ^a   Rajfer, Jacob ^a   Schulam, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DONOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

EID: 0037612203     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000067975.59772.b6     Document Type: Article

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