Left or right kidney in hand-assisted donor nephrectomy? A randomized controlled trial

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Minnee, Robert C ^a   Bemelman, Willem A ^a   Maartense, Stefan ^a   Bemelman, Frederike J ^a   Gouma, Dirk J ^a   Idu, Mirza M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor nephrectomy; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549138921     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181601486     Document Type: Article

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