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Review
. 2016 Jan;25(1):139-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2015.08.007. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy

Azadeh A Carr  1 , Tracy S Wang  2
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Review

Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy

Azadeh A Carr et al. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Minimally invasive adrenalectomy has become the gold standard for removal of benign adrenal tumors. The imaging characteristics, biochemical evaluation, and patient selection for laparoscopic transabdominal and posterior retroperitoneoscopic approaches are discussed with details of surgical technique for both procedures.

Keywords: Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal metastases; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Minimally invasive; Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.

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