Successful management of vena caval compression due to a giant hydronephrosis by retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-97

  Gaur, D D ^a   Dubey, M ^a   Acharya, U P ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral gigantism; Giant hydronephrosis; Sotos syndrome; Varicose veins; Vena caval compression

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOTOS SYNDROME; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0042745530     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700310004330     Document Type: Article

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