Donor nephrectomy in the era of hand-assisted laparoscopic urologic surgery

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-363

  Mendez Torres, Freddy R ^a   Urena, Ruben ^a   Slakey, Douglas ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; MANNITOL; PAPAVERINE;

ATELECTASIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; NEPHRECTOMY; NEURALGIA; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOUCH; TROCAR; URINE RETENTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2542503870     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277904323056906     Document Type: Review

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