Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy: Prospective evaluation of the learning curve

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Gaston, Kris E ^a   Moore, Dominic T ^b,c   Pruthi, Raj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Kidney neoplasms; Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0348109416     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000099400.50350.9b     Document Type: Article

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