Laparoscopic surgery is safe for large adrenal lesions

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Soon, P S H ^a,c   Yeh, M W ^b   Delbridge, L W ^a   Bambach, C P ^a   Sywak, M S ^a   Robinson, B G ^a,c   Sidhu, S B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumours; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Open adrenalectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349004518     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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