The mini-incision donor nephrectomy is best suited for Indian patients undergoing live donor nephrectomy: against the motion

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Institute of Trans plantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India.

Pranjal Modi. Indian J Urol. 2010 Jan-Mar.

. 2010 Jan-Mar;26(1):142-4.

doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.60465.

¹ Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Institute of Trans plantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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