Impact of minimally invasive surgery on adrenalectomy for incidental tumors: Comparison with laparotomic technique

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-164

  Aldrighetti, L ^a   Giacomelli, M ^b   Calori, G ^b   Paganelli, M ^b   Ferla, G ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Incidental tumor; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SAFETY; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030843205     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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