Laparoscopic compared with open adrenalectomy for resection of pheochromocytoma: A review of 47 cases

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-280

  Humphrey, Robert ^a,b   Gray, Daryl ^a   Pautler, Stephen ^a   Davies, Ward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 49449103524     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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