Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1905-1906 , September 2004

Terminal hand-assist for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

  • H.S. Bhat

      Affiliations

    • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kerala, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. H. Sanjay Bhat, Consultant Urologist, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi - 682026, Kerala, India
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  • K.V. Sanjeevan

      Affiliations

    • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kerala, India
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  • S. Sudhindran

      Affiliations

    • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kerala, India

References 

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  2. Kercher K , Dahl D , Harland R , et al.  Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy minimizes warm ischemia . Urology . 2001;58:152
  3. Lorenz D , Neufang T , Post S . Hand-assisted, laparoscopic nephrectomy for live donor organ harvesting (Initial results) . Chirurg . 2001;72:588
  4. Shalhav AL , Siqueira Jr , Gardner TA , et al.  Manual specimen retrieval without a pneumoperitoneum preserving device for laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy . J Urol . 2002;168:941

PII: S0041-1345(04)00738-9

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.06.056

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1905-1906 , September 2004

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