Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12 , January 2010

Laparoendoscopic Single-site Pfannenstiel Donor Nephrectomy

Received 31 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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 This work was supported in part by grants from the Quebec Urological Association Foundation and Frank McGill Travel Fellowship to Sero Andonian.

PII: S0090-4295(09)02543-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.074

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 9-12 , January 2010

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