The Surgical Approach to the Adrenal Gland: A Comparison of the Retroperitoneal and the Transabdominal Routes in 326 Operations on 284 Patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-74

  Nagesser, Suresh K ^a   Kievit, Job ^a   Hermans, Jo ^a   Krans, H Michiel J ^a   Van De Velde, Cornelis J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Malignancy; Pheochromocytoma; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034137869     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd027     Document Type: Article

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