Robotic ureterolysis for relief of ureteral obstruction from retroperitoneal fibrosis

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1370-1374

  Keehn, Aryeh Y ^a   Mufarrij, Patrick W ^a   Stifelman, Michael D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; ROBOTICS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER SURGERY; URETEROLYSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGY;

EID: 79957889334     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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