Thoraco-abdominal approach to large retroperitoneal tumours

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 969-972

  Buse, Stephan ^a   Gilfrich, Christian ^a   Wagener, Nina ^a   Pfitzenmaier, Jesco ^a   Haferkamp, Axel ^a   Hohenfellner, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Renal cell cancer; Retroperitoneum; Thoraco abdominal approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749569712     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06418.x     Document Type: Article

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