Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in an adolescent population

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-640

  Cost, Nicholas G ^a   DaJusta, Daniel G ^b   Granberg, Candace F ^b   Cooksey, Raven M ^b   Laborde, Carrie E ^b   Wickiser, Jonathan E ^b   Gargollo, Patricio C ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; METASTASIS RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADICAL RESECTION; ROBOTICS; SEMINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; ROBOTICS; SPERMATIC CORD; URETER;

EID: 84861970133     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0214     Document Type: Article

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