5-years experience with video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL): Learning curve and technical variations of a new procedure

Journal of Andrological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-32

  Tobias Machado, M ^a,b   Starling, E S ^a,b   Oliveira, A B P ^a,b   Pompeo, A C ^a,b   Wroclawski, E R ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endoscopic procedures; Inguinal lymphadenectomy; Laparoscopy; Penile cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951896830     PISSN: 20353901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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