Adrenaloma: A call for more aggressive management

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 788-793

  Linos, Dimitrios A ^a,b,d   Stylopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Raptis, Sotirios A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; DEXAMETHASONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARCINOMA; CYSTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOLIPOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029831066     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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