Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the management of benign and malignant adrenal tumors

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-786

  Cyriac, Jamie ^a   Weizman, David ^b   Urbach, David R ^c  

^a York Central Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b York Central Hospital Richmond Hill   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Cushing's syndrome; Endocrine surgery; Incidentaloma; Laparoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANAMNESIS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845897076     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.6.777     Document Type: Review

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