Vena Caval Reconstruction During Postchemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Germ Cell Tumor

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442.e17-442.e19

  Ehrlich, Yaron ^a   Kedar, Daniel ^a   Zelikovski, Avigdor ^a   Konichezky, Miriam ^a   Baniel, Jack ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTATIC GERM CELL TUMOR; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN PROSTHESIS; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 58649107669     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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