Where do we really stand with LESS and NOTES?

European Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Gettman, Matthew T ^a   White, Wesley M ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^a   Averch, Tim ^a   Box, Geoffrey ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Canes, David ^a   Cherullo, Edward ^a   Desai, Mihir M ^a   Frank, Igor ^a   Gill, Indebir S ^a   Gupta, Mantu ^a   Haber, Georges Pascal ^a   Humphreys, Mitchell R ^a   Irwin, Brian H ^a   Kaouk, Jihad H ^a   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a   Landman, Jaime ^a   Liatsikos, Evangelos N ^a   Lima, Estevao ^a   Ponsky, Lee E ^a   Rane, Abhay ^a   Ribal, Maria ^a   Rabenhalt, Robert ^a   Rao, Pradeep ^a   Richstone, Lee ^a   Sawyer, Mark D ^a   Sotelo, Rene ^a   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^a   Tracy, Chad R ^a   Stein, Robert J ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NOMENCLATURE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 78650695275     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.11.016     Document Type: Editorial

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