Bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome: Anterior versus posterior surgical approach

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Buell, Joseph F ^a   Alexander, H Richard ^a   Norton, Jeffrey A ^b   Yu, Kelvin C ^b   Fraker, Douglas L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; IODOCHOLESTEROL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031021525     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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