Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Masses: Does Size Matter?

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1138-1141

  Castillo, Octavio A ^a,b   Vitagliano, Gonzalo ^a   Secin, Fernando P ^a,c   Kerkebe, Marcelo ^a   Arellano, Leonardo ^b  

^a CLÍNICA SANTA MARÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649178301     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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