Robotic surgery and minimally invasive management of renal tumors with vena caval extension

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-109

  Abaza, Ronney ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava; laparoscopy; nephrectomy; renal cancer; robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC NEPHRECTOMY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THROMBECTOMY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 79951683130     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834350ff     Document Type: Article

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