Laparoscopic Single-Site Surgery in Pediatric Urology: Where Do We Stand Today?

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Soto Aviles, Omar E ^a   Escudero Chu, Karina ^b   Perez Brayfield, Marcos R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Hospital HIMA San Pablo   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Laparoendoscopic single site surgery; Pediatric urology; Single incision surgery

Indexed keywords

CHILD UROLOGY; CRYPTORCHISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESS PORT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VARICOCELECTOMY; CHILD; DEVICES; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; RETROPERITONEUM; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84938876609     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-015-0542-6     Document Type: Review

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