Laparoscopic vs open nephrectomy in 210 consecutive patients: Outcomes, cost, and changes in practice patterns

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1889-1895

  Kercher, K W ^a   Heniford, B T ^a   Matthews, B D ^a   Smith, T I ^a   Lincourt, A E ^a   Hayes, D H ^a   Eskind, L B ^a   Irby, P B ^a   Teigland, C M ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Live donor nephrectomy; Radical nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL COST; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; URETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER;

EID: 0346401581     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8808-3     Document Type: Article

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