Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 7 , Pages 979-982 , July 2002

Experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pediatric patients

Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, California, October 19-21, 2001.

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☆ Address reprint requests to George W. Holcomb III, MD, Department of Surgery, The Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108.

PII: S0022-3468(02)00007-6

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.33822

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 7 , Pages 979-982 , July 2002

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