Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Is Nitrous Oxide Contraindicated?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-227

  El Galley, Rizk ^a   Hammontree, Lee ^a   Urban, Donald ^a   Pierce, Albert ^a   Sakawi, Yasser ^a  

^a Division of Urology   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; intraoperative complications; laparoscopy; nephrectomy; postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE DISTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHRECTOMY; OXYGEN BREATHING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; NITROUS OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34250173104     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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