A comparison of hand-assisted and pure laparoscopic techniques in live donor nephrectomy

PURPOSE: To compare hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and pure laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy techniques in live donor nephrectomy. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we included all patients submitted to hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and pure laparoscopic live dono...

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Main Authors: Anibal Wood Branco, William Kondo, Alcides José Branco Filho, Marco Aurélio de George, Marlon Rangel, Luciano Carneiro Stunitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2008-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000600015