"First, do no harm": Monitoring outcomes during the transition from open to laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in a Canadian centre

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Bergman, Simon ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a,b   Anidjar, Maurice ^a   Demyttenaere, Sebastian V ^a   Carll, Franco ^a   Metrakos, Peter ^a   Tchervenkov, Jean ^a   Paraskevas, Steven ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41949127437     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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