Single incision nephrectomy in an 8-year-old child using umbilical laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (U-LESS)

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 5226-5228

  Stoddard, David ^a   Marshall, Jonah ^a   Wu, Guan ^a   Rashid, Hani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

E NOTES; Minimally invasive surgery; Nephrectomy; Pediatrics; U LESS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; UMBILICUS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; UMBILICUS;

EID: 79958070215     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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