Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Indications, technique, complications and follow-up

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Lev Chelouche, Dina ^a,b   Sagie, Boaz ^a,b   Keidar, Andre ^a,b   Klausner, Joseph M ^a,b   Szold, Amir ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumors; Incidentaloma; Laparoscopy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY;

SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037303595     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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