Effect of Laparoscopy on the indications for Adrenalectomy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-259

  Henneman, Daniel ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^b   Hodin, Richard A ^b   Berger, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63149086068     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.564     Document Type: Article

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