Introduction. Several studies have shown the feasibility and safety of both transperitoneal and posterior retroperitoneal approaches for single incision laparoscopic adrenalectomy, but none have compared the outcomes according to the left- or right-sided location of the adrenal glands. Materials and Methods. From 2009 to 2013, 89 patients who received LAMP (laparoscopic adrenalectomy through mo...

Spontaneous rupture of metastatic adrenal tumor with massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage and shock is an uncommon clinical event. Herein, we report a case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), where left hepatic lobectomy and right adrenalectomy for metastatic HCC were performed in April and August 2002, respectively. Subsequently, the patient presented to the emergency room with acute-onset severe...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of the retroperitoneoscopic approach to adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma and to compare it with the open retroperitoneal approach. METHODS Twelve retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas were performed in 10 patients at our center between January 1996 and January 2001. Two patients underwent simultaneous bilateral surgeries. These wer...

The operative approach to adrenal cortical tumors must be individualized according to the size and expected nature of the mass. For many years, there have been four distinct surgical approaches from which the surgeon could choose to gain access to the adrenal: anterior/transperitoneal, thoracoabdominal, flank/retroperitoneal, and posterior (Fig 1). The recent development of advanced laparoscopi...

Abstract Introduction Adrenal myelolipomas (AMs) are rare, benign tumors without endocrine activity comprised of mature adipose and hematopoietic tissue. Surgical excision may be required for lesions which have associated symptoms, those that growing, or features concerning malignancy. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is often with masses such as AM. The majority literature regarding AMs co...

Background: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the standard procedure for the removal of adrenal masses. Transperitoneal laparoscopic resection of adrenal tumor is the preferred surgical technique. In the present case report authors described a case with a 20 cm right pheochromocytoma successfully treated by using transperitoneal laparoscopic approach. Methods: A 26-year old man had a 20 cm retroper...