Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: Trends in donor and recipient morbidity following 381 consecutive cases

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 358-363

  Su, Li Ming ^a,b   Ratner, Lloyd E ^a   Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Jarrett, Thomas W ^a   Trock, Bruce J ^a   Sinkov, Vladimir ^a   Bluebond Langner, Rachel ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT PROCUREMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY RECIPIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; URETER INJURY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LINEAR MODELS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242681565     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000133351.98195.1c     Document Type: Review

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