Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Balancing the operative indications with the technical advances

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 739-744

  Mazzaglia, Peter J ^a   Vezeridis, Michael P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortical carcinoma; Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal metastases; Aldosteronoma; Pheochromocytomas

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENALECTOMY; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 77952971977     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21565     Document Type: Review

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