ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: The potential benefits of simultaneous bilateral posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy

Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-300

  Lombardi, Celestino Pio ^a   Raffaelli, Marco ^a   De Crea, Carmela ^a   Bellantone, Rocco ^a   Fusco, Alessandra ^a   Bianchi, Antonio ^a   Pontecorvi, Alfredo ^a   De Marinis, Laura ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 78751502967     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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