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Minimally Invasive Robotic Kidney Transplantation for Obese Patients Previously Denied Access to Transplantation
Author(s) -
Oberholzer J.,
Giulianotti P.,
Danielson K. K.,
Spaggiari M.,
BejaranoPineda L.,
Bianco F.,
Tzvetanov I.,
Ayloo S.,
Jeon H.,
GarciaRoca R.,
Thielke J.,
Tang I.,
Akkina S.,
Becker B.,
Kinzer K.,
Patel A.,
Benedetti E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12078
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney transplantation , cohort , surgery , kidney disease , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , kidney , prospective cohort study , single center
The authors report results on a new robotic kidney transplantation technique for obese patients that has comparable patient outcomes compared to an open procedure.