Body image after laparoscopic or open donor nephrectomy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1276-1279

  Lind, M Y ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Weimar, W ^a   Ijzermans, J N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body image; Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy; Open donor nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 3543008905     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9113-x     Document Type: Article

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