Laparoscopic procurement of kidneys with multiple renal arteries is associated with increased ureteral complications in the recipient

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1312-1318

  Carter, Jonathan T ^a   Freise, Chris E ^a   McTaggart, Ryan A ^a   Mahanty, Harish D ^a   Kang, Sang Mo ^a   Chan, Sharon H ^a   Feng, Sandy ^a   Roberts, John P ^a   Posselt, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Live donor; Multiple arteries; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL ARTERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 20544471595     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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