Ten years of laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Lesson learned from 104 procedures

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-325

  Ramacciato, Giovanni ^a   Paolo, Mercantini ^a   Pietromaria, Amodio ^a   Paolo, Buniva ^b   Francesco, D'Angelo ^a   Sergio, Petrocca ^a   Antonio, Stigliano ^a   Vincenzo, Toscano ^a   Micaela, Piccoli ^c   Gianluigi, Melotti ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE SECRETING ADENOMA; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; BLEEDING; CAVA VEIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL SECRETING ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIPPLE SYNDROME; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN INJURY; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444443537     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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