Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy for benign diseases of the kidney: Prospective nonrandomized comparison with open surgical nephrectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-431

  Hemal, Ashok Kumar ^a   Fics, D N B ^a   Talwar, Manoj ^a   Wadhwa, S N ^a   Gupta, N P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOUROLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0344069691     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1999.13.425     Document Type: Article

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