Retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy: A retrospective comparison to the open approach

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 168-171

  Bachmann, Alexander ^a   Dickenmann, Michael ^a   Gürke, Lorenz ^b   Giannini, Olivier ^a   Langer, Igor ^b   Gasser, Thomas C ^a   Steiger, Jürg ^a   Sulser, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Living kidney donation; Retroperitoneoscopy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEOSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPES; LIVING DONORS; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143121312     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000134617.75420.E0     Document Type: Article

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