Feasibility and safety of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in children: Special emphasis on neoplastic lesions

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 306-309

  Al Shanafey, Saud ^a   Habib, Zakaria ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL LESION; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 41449092268     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0166     Document Type: Article

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