Factors influencing the rising rates of adrenal surgery: Analysis of a 25-year experience

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Toniato, Antonio ^a   Boschin, Isabella ^a   Bernante, Paolo ^a   Foletto, Mirto ^a   Guolo, Anna Maria ^a   Pelizzo, Maria Rosa ^a   Opocher, Giuseppe ^a   Ballotta, Enzo ^a   Mantero, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal surgery; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 60449096374     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0061-3     Document Type: Article

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