Comparison of laparoscopic and open adrenalectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 908-912

  Korman, Jeremy E ^a   Ho, Taylor ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a,b   Phillips, Edward H ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030754751     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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