Laparoscopic resection of large adrenal tumors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 480-485

  MacGillivray, Dougald C ^a,c   Whalen, Giles F ^b   Malchoff, Carl D ^b   Oppenheim, Daniel S ^a   Shichman, Steven J ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Maine Surgical Care Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumors; Cushing's syndrome; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036280140     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2002.9.5.480     Document Type: Article

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