Background: Robotic adrenalectomy offers several clinical benefits if compared with laparoscopic adrenalectomy; however, its superiority is still under debate. The aim of this study was the investigation differences between two techniques, and a comparison when approaching right or left side adrenal lesions further conducted. Materials Methods: All patients undergoing robotic unilateral at our ...

Primary aldosteronism is the most common secondary endocrine form of hypertension and causes many cardiovascular injuries. KCNJ5 somatic mutations have recently been identified in aldosterone-producing adenoma. However, their impacts on left ventricular remodeling precluding interference age, sex, blood pressure are still uncertain. We enrolled 184 adenoma patients who received adrenalectomy. C...

The relatively new operation of laparoscopic adrenalectomy has now become the procedure of choice for the management of most benign adrenal tumours. We have reviewed the data relating to the first 25 patients on whom we performed laparoscopic adrenalectomy and have made comparison with a group of 25 diagnosis-matched individuals on whom we had previously carried out open adrenalectomy. The pati...

It has previously been shown that expression of memory of maze-learning in mice is blocked by puromycin injected intracerebrally one or more days after the training experience. Bilateral adrenalectomy before training has now been found to protect memory against the effects of puromycin. This protection is absent when adrenalectomy follows training. In view of control experiments, we conclude th...

This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes of 317 patients with intractable chyluria and present our experience with conservative and surgical management of intractable chyluria by different approaches. From September 2004 to June 2013, 314 patients with chyluria (133 men and 181 women) were recruited at our center. Instillation of povidone iodine (0.2%) was used for 46 ...

OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has become the standard of care for resection of adrenal masses, with extremely low morbidity and mortality. This study investigates the difference in outcomes in patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy, comparing obese with healthy weight patients. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalec...