The management of aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas - Does adrenalectomy increase costs?

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1178-1185

  Reimel, Bethann ^a   Zanocco, Kyle ^b   Russo, Mark J ^c   Zarnegar, Rasa ^c   Clark, Orlo H ^d   Allendorf, John D ^a   Chabot, John A ^a   Duh, Quan Yang ^d   Lee, James A ^a   Sturgeon, Cord ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; ALGORITHMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649945281     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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