Trends in the use of of nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) at an Australian tertiary referral centre: An analysis of surgical decision-making using the R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry scoring system

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1341-1344

  Satasivam, Prassannah ^a   Rajarubendra, Nieroshan ^a   Chia, Ping Han ^a   Munshey, Aasheen ^a   Sengupta, Shomik ^a   Bolton, Damien ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Decision; Nephrometry; Nephron sparing surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL NEPHROMETRY SCORING SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84859855689     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10595.x     Document Type: Article

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