HYPOTHESIS Pheochromocytoma can be safely treated laparoscopically; "subclinical" pheochromocytoma is increasingly common. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Patients undergoing adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma at our institution in 1994 to 2009. INTERVENTIONS Laparoscopic, hand-assisted, and open adrenalectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preoperative and ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study is to summarize the authors' 10-year experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy and to analyze the intra- and postoperative complications of the procedure. MATERIAL AND METHODS The records of 80 patients who had undergone laparoscopic adrenalectomy from January 2002 to January 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 51 female and 29 male patients. ...

OBJECTIVE Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is widely recognized as the preferred technique for surgical removal of adrenal masses. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of consecutive laparoscopic adrenalectomies performed at a high-volume referral center and compare operative results for pheochromocytomas with that of other adrenal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a ...

Objective. To evaluate the indication and the clinical value of laparoscopic adrenalectomy of different types of adrenal tumor. Methods. From 2009 to 2014, a total of 110 patients were diagnosed with adrenal benign tumor by CT scan and we performed laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The laparoscopic approach has been the procedure of choice for surgery of benign adrenal tumors, and the upper limit of ...

objectives. The objective of the study is to summarize the authors’ 10-year experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy and to analyze the intraand postoperative complications of the procedure. Material and methods. The records of 80 patients who had undergone laparoscopic adrenalectomy from January 2002 to January 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 51 female and 29 male patients. Th...

A 66-year-old Lithuanian female patient with a history of hypertension was diagnosed with bilateral adrenal tumors during a routine sonoscopy. Scintigraphy with metaiodobenzylguanidine and computed tomography scan revealed right 130/116/93 mm and left 85/61/53 mm pheochromocytomas. The patient suffered from hypertension with blood pressure over 240/100 mm Hg and heartbeat disturbances. Blood ad...

PURPOSE Laparoscopy is the gold standard approach for management of some adrenal masses in adult cases. Still there have not been many findings in case of children. We present our experience with clipless laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pediatric cases for the first time. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2007 to January 2011, thirteen laparoscopic adrenalectomy were performed in patients 5-18...

The aim of the study was to describe simultaneous laparoscopic adrenalectomy and laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery, to discuss the details of a convenient laparoscopic approach and the way of port placement, as well as to present a review of the literature concerning combined laparoscopic procedures. A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our department because of a tumor of the right adrenal g...

Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-secreting tumor of the adrenal medulla. It has wide and subtle range of clinical manifestations including sustained hypertension in about 1% of pediatric patients. Although laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard treatment method in adult patients, few reports have described this technique in children. We report a child with unilateral pheochromocytom...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has become the preferred approach for removal of the adrenal gland for the management of benign or malignant functioning or nonfunctioning adrenal masses. We aimed to present our initial experience with this procedure. In addition, we compare the clinical outcomes of laparoscopic (LA) vs. the open adrenalectomies (OA) performed at our institutions. Also w...