LAPAROSCOPIC RENAL AND ADRENAL SURGERY IN OBESE PATIENTS: COMPARISON TO OPEN SURGERY
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 162 (3 Part 1) , 665-669
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005392-199909010-00005
Abstract
Purpose: The efficacy and morbidity of laparoscopic renal and adrenal surgery in comparison to open surgery in obese patients are unknown. This retrospective study was performed to compare ...Keywords
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