Video assisted minilaparotomy surgery (VAMS) - Live donor nephrectomy: 239 cases

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1149-1154

  Rha, Koon Ho ^a   Kim, Yu Seun ^a   Kim, Soon Il ^a   Byun, Young Joon ^a   Hong, Sung Joon ^a   Park, Kiil ^a   Yang, Seung Choul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Living donors; Minilaparotomy; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN INJURY; VIDEO ASSISTED MINILAPAROTOMY;

EID: 12344253968     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.6.1149     Document Type: Review

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