Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy: Lateral approach

Citation
Gt. Sung et al., Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy: Lateral approach, J ENDOUROL, 15(5), 2001, pp. 505-511
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY
ISSN journal
08927790 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
505 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7790(200106)15:5<505:RALA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Laparoscopy has become the essential surgical approach to the adrenal gland at many institutions, including ours. At the Cleveland Clinic, laparoscopi c adrenalectomy for benign and malignant adrenal neoplasms can be performed by either the transperitoneal or the retroperitoneal approach. Herein, we present our technique of lateral retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy .