Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is feasible for large adrenal masses > 6 cm

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Sanjay Bhat, H ^a   Balagopal Nair, T ^a   Sukumar, Sudhir ^a   Mohammed Saheed, C S ^a   Mathew, Georgie ^a   Ginil Kumar, P ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasm; Adrenalectomy; Laparoscopy; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947390008     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1015-9584(09)60128-7     Document Type: Article

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