Routine left robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is safe and effective regardless of the presence of vascular anomalies

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 636-640

  Gorodner, Verónica ^a   Horgan, Santiago ^a   Galvani, Carlos ^a   Manzelli, Antonio ^a   Oberholzer, José ^a   Sankary, Howard ^a   Testa, Giuliano ^a   Benedetti, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy; Robotic assisted; Vascular anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPEN STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; ROBOTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; ROBOTICS; SAFETY;

EID: 33745699601     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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