Fast-track open transperitoneal nephrectomy

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Firoozfard, Behroz ^a   Christensen, Tom ^a   Kristensen, Jørgen Kvist ^a   Mogensen, Susanne ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fast track surgery; Hospital stay; Morbidity; Nephrectomy; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEPHRECTOMY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141504939     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310014742     Document Type: Article

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