The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , January 2010

Renal Insufficiency is an Independent Risk Factor for Complications After Partial Nephrectomy

  • A.A. Hakimi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • S. Rajpathak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • L. Chery

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • E. Shapiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • R. Ghavamian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: 3400 Bainbridge, MAP Bldg, 5th Floor, Bronx, New York 10467 (telephone: 718-920-8475)
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Covidien.

Received 13 May 2009

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 Study received approval from the Committee of Clinical Investigation at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

 For another article on a related topic see page 333.

PII: S0022-5347(09)02367-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.146

The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , January 2010

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