Donor nephrectomy: A comparison of techniques and results of open, hand assisted and full laparoscopic nephrectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-43

  El Galley, Rizk ^a,b   Hood, Nedra ^a   Young, Carlton J ^a   Deierhoi, Mark ^a   Urban, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b FOT 1138 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopy; Living donors; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0348109417     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000100149.76079.89     Document Type: Article

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