Minimally Invasive Management of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Stifelman, Michael D ^a   Shah, Ojas ^a   Mufarrij, Patrick ^a   Lipkin, Michael ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; ROBOTICS; URETER SURGERY; URETEROLYSIS; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; ROBOTICS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 39549104255     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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