Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. A review of the first 5 years.

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Published in Urol Clin North Am on November 01, 2001

Authors

L E Ratner1, R A Montgomery, L R Kavoussi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University (LER), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. lloyd.ratner@mnil.tju.edu

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