Surgery of the Adrenal Gland

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Valeri, Andrea (Editor), Bergamini, Carlo (Editor), Bellantone, Rocco (Editor), Lombardi, Celestino Pio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Abdominal surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Abdominal Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

This book offers a comprehensive description of the main surgical treatments for adrenal tumors, encompassing both open surgery and laparoscopy. Introductory chapters cover surgical anatomy, pathology, the clinical diagnostic pathway, the role of different imaging techniques, and perioperative manag...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Historical background
• Surgical anatomy
• Pathology
• Diagnosis and clinical picture
• Imaging
•  Peri-operative management
• General principles of adrenal surgery
• Instrumentation and “high-tecnology”
• Right flank trans-abdominal laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Left flank trans-abdominal laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy
• Open surgery
• Other techniques of video-assisted and open adrenalectomies
• Outcome of adrenal surgery.