Single-port 'scarless' laparoscopic nephrectomies: The United Kingdom experience

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-233

  Rane, Abhay ^a   Ahmed, Shwan ^a   Kommu, Sashi S ^b   Anderson, Christopher J ^c   Rimington, Peter D ^d  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS); Minimally invasive surgery; Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650616216     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08399.x     Document Type: Article

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