The laparoscopic nephrectomy learning curve: A single centre's development of a de novo practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 959, 2005, Pages 599-603

  Phillips, J ^a   Catto, J W F ^a   Lavin, V ^a   Doyle, D ^a   Smith, D J ^a   Hastie, K J ^a   Oakley, N E ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 24744471803     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.030148     Document Type: Article

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