The efficacy and safety of laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients with three or more comorbidities

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Naya, Yukio ^a   Tobe, Toyofusa ^a   Suyama, Takahito ^a   Araki, Kazuhiro ^a   Komiya, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyoshi ^a   Igarashi, Tatsuo ^a   Ichikawa, Tomohiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Laparoscopy; Radical nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845655660     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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