Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel®) mimics an abcess after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy;Celulosa oxidada (Surgicel®) simulando un absceso después de nefrectomía parcial laparoscópica

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Farina Perez L A ^a   Delgado, C ^a   Dos Santos, J ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO POVISA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemostatic agents; Laparoscopy; Partial nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ABSCESS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 4644327240     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(04)73036-3     Document Type: Article

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