Obesity and Morbid Obesity are Associated With a Greater Conversion Rate to Open Surgery for Standard but Not Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2357-2362

  Gabr, Ahmed H ^a   Elsayed, Ehab R ^a   Gdor, Yehoshua ^a   Roberts, William W ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; laparoscopy; morbid; nephrectomy; obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 55549101561     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.077     Document Type: Article

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