How safe is hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy? Results of 200 live donor nephrectomies by two different techniques

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 293-297

  Chandak, Pankaj ^a   Kessaris, Nicos ^a   Challacombe, Ben ^a   Olsburgh, Jonathan ^a   Calder, Francis ^a   Mamode, Nizam ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor; Hand assisted; Laparoscopic; Living; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 58049202890     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn463     Document Type: Article

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