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Evaluation of bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy in adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing's syndrome

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boxed-text Chow JT et al. (2007) Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for corticotrophin-dependent Cushing's syndrome: a review of the Mayo Clinic experience. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03082.x]

Patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome who require bilateral adrenalectomy should be offered the laparoscopic approach in view of its lower morbidity as compared with the open procedure when performed by an experienced surgeon

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  1. Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), 3840 rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC H2W 1T8, Canada andre.lacroix@umontreal.ca

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