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Anaesthetic management of laparoscopic assisted bilateral adrenalectomy in a five-year-old child with Cushing’s disease

Andrew Peter Saffin, Jennifer Thomas
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 17, No 6 | a465 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2011.10872813 | © 2011 Andrew Peter Saffin, Jennifer Thomas | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2011

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Andrew Peter Saffin,, South Africa
Jennifer Thomas,, South Africa

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Abstract

A five-year-old girl, weighing 42 kg and with a diagnosis of Cushing’s disease, presented for bilateral, laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

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Cushing's Disease; adrenalectomy; laparoscopy; obesity; anaesthesia

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