Laparoscopic and Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-167

  Pietrabissa, Andrea ^a   Boggi, Ugo ^a   Moretto, Carlo ^a   Ghilli, Matteo ^a   Mosca, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy; New technique; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EUROPE; EXTRACTION; HAND; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHRECTOMY; STAPLER; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; VEIN SURGERY;

CREATININE; HAND; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTURE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84993820535     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060100800210     Document Type: Article

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