Surgeon-controlled robotic ureteral surgery

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Krane, Louis S ^a   Hemal, Ashok K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

benign; laparoscopy; malignant; nephroureterectomy; retrocaval ureter; robotic; ureteral reimplantation; ureteric stricture; ureterolysis; ureteroureterostomy

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CUFF; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; ROBOTIC URETERAL SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER; URETER MALFORMATION; URETER SURGERY; URETERAL RECONSTRUCTION; URETEROLYSIS; URETEROURETEROSTOMY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 83055186453     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834d4c8c     Document Type: Review

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