Technique, Outcomes, and Evolving Role of Extirpative Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-109

  Tanagho, Youssef S ^a   Figenshau, R Sherburne ^a   Bhayani, Sam B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extirpative laparoscopic surgery; Partial nephrectomy; Radical nephrectomy; Renal carcinoma; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER INJURY; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINOMA;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869234103     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: 15585042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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