Do we continue to unnecessarily perform ipsilateral adrenalectomy at the time of radical nephrectomy? A population based study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-404

  Yap, Stanley A ^a,b   Alibhai, Shabbir M ^a,b   Abouassaly, Robert ^a,b   Timilshina, Narhari ^a,b   Finelli, Antonio ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adrenal glands; adrenal insufficiency; kidney neoplasms; nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CANADA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IPSILATERAL ADRENALECTOMY; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VEIN EMBOLISM;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84855606329     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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