Incisional hernia in a 12-mm non-bladed trocar site following laparoscopic nephrectomy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-278

  Kouba, Erik J ^a   Hubbard, J Slade ^a   Wallen, Eric ^a   Pruthi, Raj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hernia, complications; Laparoscopy; Nephrectomy; Port site hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348823690     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107963     Document Type: Article

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