Hand-assisted living-donor nephrectomy: a retrospective comparison of two techniques

Abstract Background Living-donor nephrectomy (LDN) is challenging, as surgery is performed on healthy individuals. Minimally invasive techniques for LDN have become standard in most centers. Nevertheless, numerous techniques have been described with no consensus on which is the superior approach. Bo...

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Main Authors: Jeannette D. Widmer, Andrea Schlegel, Philipp Kron, Marc Schiesser, Jens G. Brockmann, Markus K. Muller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Urology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-018-0355-2