Retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy in obese patients: Outcomes and considerations

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-255

  Inoue, S ^a   Mita, K ^b   Shigeta, M ^b   Mochizuki, H ^b   Tanabe, T ^a   Moriyama, H ^a   Usui, T ^b  

^a ONOMICHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645658096     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091629     Document Type: Article

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