Successful autotransplantation of an adrenal gland using a new method of omental wrapping: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 960-962

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Kihara, Minoru ^b   Matsusaka, Kenichi ^b   Nishitani, Akiko ^b   Nishiyama, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Autotransplantation; Omental wrapping

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; OMENTUM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032888024     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482797     Document Type: Article

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