Drain placement can be safely omitted after the majority of robotic partial nephrectomies

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 823-827

  Abaza, Ronney ^a   Prall, David ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

drainage; kidney; nephrectomy; nephron sparing; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUMOR VOLUME; URINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873714617     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.236     Document Type: Article

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