A comparison of traditional open, minimal-incision donor nephrectomy and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

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Published in Transpl Int on October 29, 2004

Authors

G R R Lewis1, N R Brook, J R Waller, J C Bains, P S Veitch, M L Nicholson

Author Affiliations

1: University Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.

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