A posterior lumbar approach for retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy: Assessment of surgical efficacy

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Baba, Shiro ^a   Miyajima, Akira ^a   Uchida, Atsushi ^a   Asanuma, Hiroshi ^a   Miyakawa, Ayako ^a   Murai, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 0030755912     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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