Importance of cosmesis to patients undergoing renal surgery: A comparison of laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS), laparoscopic and open surgery

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-272

  Olweny, Ephrem O ^a   Mir, Saad A ^a   Best, Sara L ^a   Park, Samuel K ^a   Donnally III, Chester ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Tracy, Chad R ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmetic techniques; Laparoscopy; Patient preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN KIDNEY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SURGEON REPUTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CICATRIX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; ROBOTICS; UROLOGY;

EID: 84863463636     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10784.x     Document Type: Article

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