Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Experience with transabdominal and retroperitoneal approaches

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Chee, Christopher ^b   Ravinthiran, Tharmalingham ^b   Cheng, Christopher ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 0031939474     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00468-8     Document Type: Article

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