Modified laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for treatment of upper urinary tract transitional cell cancer is not associated with an increased risk of tumour recurrence

European Urology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-447

  Klingler, H C ^a   Lodde, M ^a   Pycha, A ^a   Remzi, M ^a   Janetschek, G ^b   Marberger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Morbidity; Port site metastasis; Transitional cell cancer; Upper urinary tract

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CISPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; TRADOLAN; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0141683604     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(03)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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