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LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY
Author(s) -
Fletcher D. R.,
Beiles C. B.,
Hardy K. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02245.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenalectomy , surgery , adenoma , general surgery , laparoscopy
Minimal access surgery continues to expand its applications now including laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Two differing intraperitoneal techniques are described in six patients, three with Conn's Syndrome, one with a Cushing's tumour, one with a phaeochromocytoma and one with a large non‐functioning cortical adenoma. This initial Australasian experience with the procedure followed careful preparation in the cadaver and pig.