Surgical outcomes following laparoscopic adrenalectomy for treatment of Conn's syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism) between 1999 and 2006

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1324, 2010, Pages 50-56

  Herd, Andrew ^a   Harman, Richard ^a   Taylor, Eletha ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958065489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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