Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: How far have we gone?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 316-321

  Janetschek, Günter ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Laparoscopy; Partial nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; UROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 34548297573     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328277f191     Document Type: Review

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