Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Advantages of an atraumatic suction grasper

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 335-337

  Gentilli, Sergio ^a,c   Ferrero, Alessandro ^a   Velardocchia, Mauro ^b   Garavoglia, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic instrumentation; Endoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031665932     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199810000-00002     Document Type: Article

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