A cost-effective technique for pure laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

OBJECTIVE: Compare two different techniques for laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LDN), related to the operative costs and learning curve. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between April/2000 and October/2003, 61 patients were submitted to LDN in 2 different reference centers in kidney transplantation. At c...

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Main Authors: Tiberio M Siqueira Jr, Anuar I. Mitre, Fabiano A. Simoes, Andre F. Maciel, Alvaro M. Ferraz, Sami Arap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2006-02-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382006000100004