Use of a minimally invasive donor nephrectomy program to select technique for live donor nephrectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 189, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 558-563

  Salazar, Anastasio ^a   Pelletier, Ronald ^b   Yilmaz, Serdar ^a   Monroy Cuadros, Mauricio ^a   Tibbles, Lee Anne ^a   McLaughlin, Kevin ^a   Sepandj, Farshad ^a   Nair, Rajan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Calgary ^*

Author keywords

Hand assisted nephrectomy; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Live donor nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 18044384812     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.01.034     Document Type: Article

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