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What does adrenalectomy mean?

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Noun
  1. (surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
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A right nephrectomy and adrenalectomy were therefore performed to achieve hemostasis.
It was believed to be positive, and a left adrenalectomy was performed.
Rosiglitazone for prevention or adjuvant treatment of Nelson's syndrome after bilateral adrenalectomy.
The mini-invasive laparoscopic approach is currently the reference technique to perform a total or partial adrenalectomy in patients affected by pheochromocytoma.
At our institution, radical proximal gastrectomy, splenectomy, partial pancreatectomy, left adrenalectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection were performed.
Dr. Capolicchio and his team have recently removed these glands going through the back in a procedure called anterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.

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