Importance of the adrenal gland blood supply during laparoscopic subtotal adrenalectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-315

  Parnaby, Craig N ^a   Galbraith, Norman ^a   O'Dwyer, Patrick J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISSECTION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952531338     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2009.0361     Document Type: Article

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