Clinical skills acquisition for hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-39

  Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a   Seifman, Brian D ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TC 2916H Box 0330 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0346848837     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000099680.27793.c5     Document Type: Article

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