Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in obese donors: Easier to implement in overweight women?

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 956-961

  Kok, Niels F M ^a   IJzermans, Jan N M ^a   Schouten, Olaf ^a   Tran, Khe T C ^a   Weimar, Willem ^a   Alwayn, Ian P J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopy; Living donors; Minimally invasive; Nephrectomy; Overweight; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC DONOR NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; PERIRENAL FAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 35148886137     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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