Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy Using Needlescopic Instruments for Adrenal Tumors Less Than 5 cm in 112 Cases

European Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 640-646

  Liao, Chun Hou ^a,b   Lai, Ming Kuen ^c   Li, Hong Yuan ^c   Chen, Shyh Chyan ^c   Chueh, Shih Chieh ^c  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Adrenalectomy; Laparoscopy; Needlescopy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADENOMA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDELSCOPIC INSTRUMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949129535     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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