Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Renal Surgery in the Morbidly and Profoundly Obese

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-244

  Hedican, Sean P ^a,b,c   Moon, Timothy D ^a,b   Lowry, Patrick S ^a   Nakada, Stephen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OBESITY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER;

EID: 1942454332     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277904773582831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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