INTRODUCTION Even the half of patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalectomy has history of previous abdominal surgeries. However, it is still uncertain if this fact has an impact on the operation itself as well as the postoperative course. AIM To analyze the effects of previous abdominal surgery on surgical outcomes in adrenal tumor patients subjected to laparoscopic adrenalectomy. MATERIA...

INTRODUCTION Primary aldosteronism affects 5% to 13% of patients with hypertension. Idiopathic bilateral hyperplasia (IHA) and unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) are the most common types of primary aldosteronism. Bilateral APA is a very rare entity with only a few reports in the literature. We present the case of a patient with metachronous bilateral APA treated with metachronous b...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) has become the "gold standard" for treating most adrenal lesions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate results 98 consecutive laparoscopic adrenalectomies performed over 15 years at a single center. Ninety-eight patients who underwent between 2006 and 2021 Izmir Tepecik Training Research Hospital were included in retrospective study. Previous abdominal surge...

Background: Bilateral adrenal tumors are not common in clinical practice, but are an important source of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion. Standard operative management for bilateral pheochromocytomas might dictate the removal of the involved adrenal gland and the removal of the contralateral adrenal gland. We present a case of bilateral ACTH-secreting pheochromocytoma treat...

Virilizing adrenocortical tumors are rare. Laparoscopic unilateral adrenalectomy with serum androgen surveillance may provide curative treatment for benign, functional adenomas. Herein, we describe a case of laparoscopic resection of a testosterone-producing adrenal tumor in a sixteen-year-old female.

BACKGROUND Adrenal myelolipoma (AM) is a benign lesion for which adrenalectomy is infrequently indicated. We investigated operative indications and outcomes for AM in a large single-institution series. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected data was conducted. Patients (≥16 years of age) who underwent adrenalectomy in the Division of General Surgery at Ba...