Adrenal incidentalomas in the laparoscopic era and the role of correct surgical indications: Observations from 255 consecutive adrenalectomies in an Italian series

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Conzo, Giovanni ^a   Tricarico, Annunziato ^b   Belli, Giulio ^c   Candela, Stefano ^d   Corcione, Francesco ^e   Del Genio, Gianmattia ^a   Ferulano, Giuseppe Paolo ^f   Giardiello, Cristiano ^g   Livrea, Antonio ^a   Marzano, Luigi Antonio ^f   Porcelli, Alberto ^h   Sperlongano, Pasquale ^f   Vincenti, Rodolfo ⁱ   Palazzo, Antonietta ^a   De Martino, Ciro ^f   Musella, Mario ^f  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale S Maria Loreto Nuovo   (Italy)

^d Emergency Unit   (Italy)

^e MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g Hospital S Maria Della Pieta   (Italy)

^h General Surgery   (Italy)

ⁱ FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449089839     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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