The boatman's knot: A single knot for renal-vein ligation during laparoscopic nephrectomy: Description of technique and evaluation of feasibility and safety

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1134-1139

  Araujo, Mardhen B ^a   Andreoni, Cassio ^a,b   Bomfim, Alexandre C ^a   Ortiz, Valdemar ^a   Ferreira, Paulo S ^a   Figueiredo, Luis P ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; INCISION; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUMBAR VEIN; MANOMETER; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STAPLER; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGATION; NEPHRECTOMY; RENAL VEINS; SAFETY; SWINE;

EID: 28044438373     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.1134     Document Type: Article

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