Oncologic assessment of hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy for urothelial tumors of the upper tract: Comparison with conventional open nephroureterectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-588

  Nakashima, Keiji ^a   Fujiyama, Chisato ^a   Tokuda, Yuji ^a   Satoh, Yuji ^a   Nishimura, Kazushige ^a   Nakashima, Nobuyo ^a   Uozumi, Jiro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PELVIS TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; URETER TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEPHRECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547783246     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0336     Document Type: Article

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