Major urologic surgery and rhabdomyolysis in two obese patients

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 558-560

  Işeri, Cüneyt ^a   Şenkul, Temuçin ^a   Reddy, Pratap K ^b  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Department of Urology ^*

Author keywords

Obese; Rhabdomyolysis; Urologic surgery

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY DIVERSION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17044446893     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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