Silent loss of kidney seconary to ureteral endometriosis

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Nezhat, Camran ^a   Paka, Chandhana ^a   Gomaa, Mona ^a   Schipper, Erica ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Laparoscopic surgery; Nephroureterectomy; Robotic surgery; Ureteral endometriosis; Ureterolysis; Ureteroneocystotomy; Ureteroureterostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; URETER; URETER DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEPHRECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 84871802421     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4293/108680812X13462882736213     Document Type: Article

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