Surgical access to the adrenal gland: The quest for a "no visible scar" approach

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Allemann, P ^a   Perretta, S ^a   Marescaux, J ^a  

^a IRCAD   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenalectomy; Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (N.O.T.E.S.); Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SWINE;

EID: 67349257458     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.12.005     Document Type: Review

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