Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: A new standard of care

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 673-678

  Vargas, Hernan I ^a,b   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a,b   Bartlett, David L ^a,b   Wagner, Joseph R ^a,b   Venzon, David J ^a,b   Fraker, Douglas L ^a,b,c   Alexander, H Richard ^a,b   Linehan, W Marston ^a,b   Walther, McClellan M ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0030989094     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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