A Sealed Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: A New Technique

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1015-1019

  Tsivian, Alexander ^a   Benjamin, Shalva ^a   Sidi, A Ami ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distal ureterectomy; Laparoscopy; Nephroureterectomy; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34548280424     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.10.036     Document Type: Article

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