A modified retroperitoneal approach to the kidney in patients with a highly deformed thorax; obtaining a wide operative field through subperiosteal resection of the 10th, 11th and 12th ribs

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 576-580

  Satoh, Yuji ^a   Kanou, Takehiro ^a   Takagi, Norito ^b   Tokuda, Yuji ^a   Uozumi, Jiro ^a   Masaki, Zenjiro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Urology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Approach to the kidney; Deformed thorax; Kyphoscoliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOSTEUM; RETROPERITONEUM; RIB RESECTION; STAGHORN STONE;

EID: 23344454812     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.96.576     Document Type: Article

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2. Gil-vernet, J.M., Carretero, P., Ballesteros, J.J. and Figuls, J.: A new approach to the kidney in kyphoscoliosis. Eur. Urol., 2, 105-107, 1976.