Distal ureterectomy techniques in laparoscopic and robot-assisted nephroureterectomy: Updated review

Urology Annals

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-16

  Stravodimos, Konstantinos G ^a   Komninos, Christos ^a   Kural, Ali Riza ^b   Constantinides, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy approach; nephroureterectomy; robotics; upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; EXCISION; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHROURETERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOT ASSISTED NEPHROURETERECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF URETERAL ORIFICE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER INTUSSUSCEPTION; URETER SURGERY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

EID: 84921038491     PISSN: 09747796     EISSN: 09747834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.148575     Document Type: Review

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