Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy in comparison to open and laparoscopic procedures : a prospective study on donor morbidity and kidney function.

Keyword

Adult

Aged

Anesthesia

Atrial Natriuretic Factor/blood

Comparative Study

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Glomerular Filtration Rate

Humans

Kidney/physiology

Kidney Transplantation/*mortality

Laparoscopes

Laparoscopy

Living Donors/*statistics & numerical data

Male

Middle Aged

Morbidity

Natriuretic Peptide; Brain/blood

Nephrectomy/*methods

Pain; Postoperative/mortality

Prospective Studies

Protein Precursors/blood

Recovery Room/statistics & numerical data

Renin-Angiotensin System/physiology

Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't

Retroperitoneal Space/surgery

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)