Live donor nephrectomy: A review of evidence for surgical techniques

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-130

  Dols, Leonienke F C ^a   Kok, Niels F M ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hand assisted retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy; Laparoscopy; Live kidney donation; Mini incision donor nephrectomy; Review; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; RENAL ARTERY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 73449134473     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.01027.x     Document Type: Review

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