Open AccessTHE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW1
Author(s) -
Tracy Merlin,
David F. Scott,
M. Mohan Rao,
Daryl R. Wall,
David M. A. Francis,
Franklin H.G. Bridgewater,
Guy J. Maddern
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200012270-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , cochrane library , randomized controlled trial , protocol (science) , convalescence , observational study , medline , systematic review , gold standard (test) , evidence based medicine , laparoscopy , clinical trial , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law , kidney
The aim of this systematic review was to compare the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy with the "gold" standard of open live donor nephrectomy.