A randomized clinical trial of living donor nephrectomy: a plea for a differentiated appraisal of mini-open muscle splitting incision and hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

A randomized controlled trial was designed to compare various outcome variables of the retroperitoneal mini-open muscle splitting incision (MSI) technique and the transperitoneal hand-assisted laparoscopic technique (HAL) in performing living donor nephrectomies. Fifty living kidney donors were rand...

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Main Authors: Hofker, H, Nijboer, W, Niesing, J, Krikke, C, Seelen, M, van Son, W, van Wijhe, M, Groen, H, Vd Heide, J, Ploeg, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012