Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is safe and results in increased kidney donation

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 901-905

  Baron, Pedro W ^a,b   Baldwin, D Duane ^a   Hadley, H Roger ^a   Ojogho, O N ^a   Ruckle, Herbert C ^a   Concepcion, Waldo ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644398278     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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