The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 433-438 , April 2008

Robotic-assisted adrenalectomy: what advantages compared to lateral transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy?

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (poster), New York, NY, USA, May 7–9, 2006

  • Laurent Brunaud, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-383153120; fax: +33-383153121.
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  • Laurent Bresler, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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  • Ahmet Ayav, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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  • Rasa Zarnegar, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Anne-Laure Raphoz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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  • Than Levan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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  • Georges Weryha, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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  • Patrick Boissel, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Nancy (Hopital Brabois Adultes), University of Nancy, School of Medicine, 11 allee du morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France

Received 6 October 2006 ,Revised 18 April 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00054-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.04.016

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 433-438 , April 2008

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