A prospective comparison of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy in the extremely obese patient

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 871-874

  Berglund, Ryan K ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a   Babineau, Denise ^a   Desai, Mihir ^a   Kaouk, Jihad H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Nephrectomy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PANNUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947303064     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06696.x     Document Type: Article

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