Robotic-assisted retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy: Making a good procedure even better

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-89

  Dickson, Paxton V ^a   Alex, Gillian C ^a   Grubbs, Elizabeth G ^a   Jimenez, Camilo ^a   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Perrier, Nancy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; METASTASIS; OLIGOMETASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTERIOR RETROPERITONEOSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE RETENTION; ADRENAL DISEASE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROPERITONEUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875059826     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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