Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1259-1274

  Assalia, A ^a   Gagner, M ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 4944254390     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4738     Document Type: Review

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