Laparoscopic adrenalectomy versus open adrenalectomy: Results from a retrospective comparative study

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-128

  Ramachandran, M S ^a   Reid, J A ^a   Dolan, S J ^a   Farling, P A ^a   Russell, C F J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; CHEST INFECTION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADRENALECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744814082     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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