Hand-assisted versus total laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: Comparison and technique evolution at a single center in Taiwan

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages E182-E187

  Lai, I Rue ^a,b   Yang, Ching Yao ^a   Yeh, Chi Chuan ^a   Tsai, Meng Kun ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Donor nephrectomy; Hand assisted; Laparoscopy; Warm ischemia time

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY; URETER STRICTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78650505147     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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