Laparoscopic Lymph Node Dissection in Clinically Node-Negative Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Renal Carcinoma

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Chapman, Terence N ^a   Sharma, Satish ^a   Zhang, Shaozeng ^a   Wong, Michael K ^a   Kim, Hyung L ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39549116710     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.08.057     Document Type: Article

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