title: Aspects of treatment at the Zhejiang Medical College, China. Pedicle auto-transplantation of the adrenal gland in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome.
abstract: Cushing's syndrome due to hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex can be treated by total adrenalectomy with one of the adrenal glands transplanted with a vascular pedicle to an easily accessible site. If the symptoms persist or recur after the operation, superfluous transplanted gland can be partially resected under local anaesthesia.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000637:transplantation*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods