Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: debating the benefits. Pro: similar costs to traditional surgery and procedure wins donors.
Tan
H P
HP
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA.
Kavoussi
L R
LR
Sosa
J A
JA
Montgomery
R A
RA
Ratner
L E
LE
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics*; D019520:Living Donors; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000191:economics*