Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy with vaginal extraction: Initial report

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1473-1477

  Allaf, M E ^a   Singer, A ^b   Shen, W ^b   Green, I ^b   Womer, K ^b   Segev, D L ^b   Montgomery, R A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor benefits; Laparoscopic technique; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVING DONOR; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VAGINA DISCHARGE; CONVALESCENCE; DONOR; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; VAGINA;

CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; VAGINA;

EID: 77952920904     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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