Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Lessons learned from 100 consecutive procedures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-247

  Gagner, Michel ^a,b   Pomp, Alfons ^a,b   Todd Heniford, B ^a,b   Pharand, Daniel ^a,b   Lacroix, Andŕ ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031419303     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199709000-00003     Document Type: Article

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