Management of the distal ureter during nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: A review

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Gkougkousis, Evangelos G ^a   Mellon, J Kilian ^a   Griffiths, T R Leyshon ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endourology; Surgery; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; ONCOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; SURGICAL STAPLING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETER LIGATION; URETER SURGERY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; VEIN STRIPPING;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLOGY; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78049452450     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000302715     Document Type: Article

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