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Laparoscopic solid organ surgery presents a number of challenges for a safe and successful outcome. This chapter reviews issues of patient selection, patient preparation, access, and technique for laparoscopic adrenalectomy and splenectomy that are key to a safe outcome.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Barnes Jewish Hospital, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    L. Michael Brunt MD (Professor of Surgery) & Esteban Varela MD (Associate Professor)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Brunt, L.M., Varela, E. (2012). Solid Organ Surgery. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_30

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