Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Secondary to Crossing Vessels-To Transpose or Not? The Robotic Experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1751-1755

  Boylu, Ugur ^a   Oommen, Mathew ^a   Lee, Benjamin R ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular abnormalities; kidney; laparoscopy; robotics; ureter

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENOGRAPHY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ROBOTICS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 62049086194     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.11.114     Document Type: Article

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