Minimally invasive robotic kidney transplantation for obese patients previously denied access to transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 721-728

  Oberholzer, J ^a   Giulianotti, P ^a   Danielson, K K ^a,b   Spaggiari, M ^a   Bejarano Pineda, L ^a   Bianco, F ^a   Tzvetanov, I ^a   Ayloo, S ^a   Jeon, H ^a   Garcia Roca, R ^a   Thielke, J ^a   Tang, I ^a   Akkina, S ^a   Becker, B ^a   Kinzer, K ^a   Patel, A ^a   Benedetti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; kidney transplant; obesity; robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84874443657     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12078     Document Type: Article

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