Is there a role for laparoscopic adrenalectomy in patients with suspected adrenocortical carcinoma? A critical appraisal of the literature

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-136

  Jurowich, C ^a   Fassnacht, M ^a,b   Kroiss, M ^a   Germer, C T ^a   Reibetanz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adrenocortical carcinoma; laparoscopic surgery; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84874110077     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331743     Document Type: Review

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