Efficacy and safety of nephron-sparing surgery

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-326

  Van Poppel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Nephron sparing surgery; Partial nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal tumor; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLD ISCHEMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77949899239     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02482.x     Document Type: Review

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