Use of laparoscopic techniques improves outcome from adrenalectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 371-374

  Horgan, Santiago ^a   Sinanan, Mika ^a,b   Scott Helton, W ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 356410 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; IODOCHOLESTEROL;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER HEMATOMA; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030997361     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)89580-3     Document Type: Article

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