Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA): Keys to success. Correct surgical indications, adequate preoperative preparation, surgical team experience

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 392-395

  Lodin, Marco ^a,b   Privitera, Antonio ^a   Giannone, Giorgio ^a  

^a GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Oncologic Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal neoplasms; Adrenocortical carcinoma; Endocrine disorders; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MYELOLIPOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; TREATMENT DURATION; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849142736     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3180f6174b     Document Type: Article

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