Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Look at Current Trends and Practice Patterns at Major Transplant Centers Across the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1488-1492

  Wright, Andrew D ^a   Will, Thomas A ^a   Holt, David R ^a   Turk, Thomas M T ^a   Perry, Kent T ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; laparoscopy; nephrectomy; tissue donors; trends

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; URETER; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849123728     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.066     Document Type: Article

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