Applicability of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy in a Prospective Study in 150 Consecutive Patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-49

  Prager, Gerhard ^a   Heinz Peer, Gertraud ^a   Passler, Christian ^a   Kaczirek, Klaus ^a   Scheuba, Christian ^a   Niederle, Bruno ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346368238     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.1.46     Document Type: Article

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