A cost-effective technique for pure laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Siqueira Jr , Tibério Moreno ^a,c   Mitre, Anuar I ^b   Simoes, Fabiano A ^b   Maciel, Andre F ^a   Ferraz, Alvaro M ^a   Arap, Sami ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 33645278989     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382006000100004     Document Type: Article

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