Multi-institutional Survey of Laparoscopic Ureterolysis for Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1017-1021

  Duchene, David A ^a   Winfield, Howard N ^b   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^c   Clayman, Ralph V ^d   Gomella, Leonard G ^e   Kavoussi, Louis R ^f   Mikhail, Albert A ^g   Park, Sangtae ^c   Permpongkosol, Sompol ^h   Shalhav, Arieh L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Northwell Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREND STUDY; URETER SURGERY; URETEROLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 34249987670     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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