Does adrenal mass size really affect safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic adrenalectomy?

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 801-805

  Porpiglia, F ^a,b   Destefanis, P ^a   Fiori, C ^a   Giraudo, G ^a   Garrone, C ^a   Scarpa, R M ^a   Fontana, D ^a   Morino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; CANCER SIZE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETER; PERITONEUM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036846890     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01901-5     Document Type: Article

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