Expanding the indications for laparoscopic radical nephrectomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Mattar, Kamal ^a   Finelli, Antonio ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 33846884580     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32802b7070     Document Type: Review

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