Short-Term Morbidity of Primary Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in a Contemporary Group of Patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 504-506

  Beck, Stephen D W ^a   Peterson, Matthew D ^a   Bihrle, Richard ^a   Donohue, John P ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

laparoscopy; lymph node excision; morbidity; testicular neoplasms; testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NERVE; OPERATION DURATION; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH INTUBATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447103391     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.123     Document Type: Article

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