Should Urologists Always Perform a Bladder Cuff Resection During Nephroureterectomy, and Which Method Should They Use?

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 970-972

  Zlotta, Alexandre R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CUFF RESECTION; BLADDER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951652931     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.01.043     Document Type: Editorial

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