... with CPA compared to non-CPA. Methods: Between January 2012 and September 2015, a total of 24 and 62 patients who had laparoscopic adrenalectomy with CPA and non-CPA, respectively, were included in the study. General HRQOL was evaluated on Short Form 8 (SF-8) questionnaire. The SF-8 questionnaire...

...Dexin Dong; Zhigang Ji; Hanzhong Li Objective: To report our management of bilateral adrenalectomy with autologous adrenal gland transplantation for persistent Cushing’s disease, and to discuss the feasibility of autologous adrenal transplantation for the treatment of refractory Cushing’s disease...

...Melih Balci; Altug Tuncel; Yilmaz Aslan; Can Aykanat; Dilek Berker; Ozer Guzel Objective: To compare the surgical outcomes and clinical improvement 1 year after laparoscopic partial and total adrenalectomy for the treatment of patients with nonhereditary unilateral functional adrenal adenomas...

.... The response rate was 51.1% (162/311) including 23 universities. Results: R adrenalectomy and (partial) nephrectomy are performed by 32.7–40.1% of all departments. Transperitoneal LESS adrenalectomy and nephrectomy are performed by 8.6–11.7%. Retroperitoneal RA adrenalectomy and (partial) nephrectomy...

...Senol Tonyali; Fatih Atac; Unsal Eroglu; Sertac Yazici; Ender Ozden; Sinan Sozen; Cenk Yücel Bilen Introduction/Aim: This study aimed to determine if laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) is feasible for the treatment of adrenal malignancies and metastasis, and to review the final pathology findings...

...Michał Natkaniec; Michał Pędziwiatr; Mateusz Wierdak; Piotr Major; Marcin Migaczewski; Maciej Matłok; Andrzej Budzyński; Kazimierz Rembiasz Background: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard for treatment of benign adrenal lesions. Tumor size is a factor that might influence decision...

...Qingfeng Hu; Zhenyu Hang; Yaatfat Ho; Chuanyu Sun; Ke Xu; Guowei Xia; Qiang Ding Introduction: Obesity is usually considered a risk factor for postoperative complications; however, previous studies conclude contradictory results in retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA). We aim to evaluate...

...Po Hui Chiang; Cheng Jen Yu; Wei Ching Lee; Hung Jen Wang; Wu Chi Hsu Introduction: There is a lack of data regarding the appropriateness of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches for right-sided laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is any...

...Sheng-Chen Wen; Hsin-Chih Yeh; Wen-Jeng Wu; Yii-Her Chou; Chun-Hsiung Huang; Ching-Chia Li Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate our initial experience with and the feasibility of laparoendoscopic single-site retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy (LESS-RA). Patients and Methods: 54...

...Murat Arslan; Yigit Akin; Mutlu Ates; Tansu Degirmenci; Zafer Kozacioglu; Bumin Ors; Bulent Gunlusoy Aim: To evaluate outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) for adrenal masses in the light of changing laparoscopic surgical techniques. Materials...

...Xiaohua Zhang; Zhaowei Zhu; Tianyuan Xu; Zhoujun Shen Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of hypokalemia on hypertension outcomes in patients with aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) after adrenalectomy and to determine the factors affecting complete hypertension cure...

... extending from the xiphoid and subsequent use of self-retraction system provided satisfactory exposure of anterior liver and diaphragma area. Successive retraction of the liver exposed the right adrenal tumor and its vascular pedicles. 14 (66.7%) of the 21 patients received right adrenalectomy with liver...

... biological analysis of the secretions (blood and urine) would not show great alterations. We can find very important morphological alterations of the glomerular layer in the cortical zone and of all the medullar zone structure. The unilateral adrenalectomy improves the clinical state of the patient in many...

... (sensitivities of 98.9 and 100%, respectively). Open adrenalectomy was performed in 153 patients (64.3%), while a laparoscopic approach was employed in 53 patients (22.3%). The intraoperative complication rate was 14.7%, the postoperative complication rate 6.1% and perioperative mortality 1.7%. Most...

...R. Papalia; G. Simone; C. Leonardo; A. Loreto; R. Coppola; S. Guaglianone; R. Sacco; M. Gallucci Objectives: We compared two different approaches to right laparoscopic transperitoneal adrenalectomy for large tumors (>5 cm): the anterior transperitoneal (AT) and lateral transperitoneal (LT...

...: Clinical charts of 52 patients (22 male, 30 female) who underwent adrenalectomy for an incidentaloma at our institution between 1987 and 2001 were reviewed. Results: Median age was 56.4 years. Reasons for surgery were unclear significance in 22 patients, suspicion of malignancy in 5, increase in size in 8...

... to more conservative surgical approaches. We evaluated the characteristics of adrenal involvement and the accuracy of computerized tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of RCC, defining the real need for adrenalectomy during surgical treatment. Methods: The medical records of 201 patients undergoing radical...

... Juan G. Lorenzo Romero Antonio A. Salinas Sa´ nchez Ibrahim Herna´ ndez Milla´ n Luis Cañamares Pabolaza Julio A. Virseda Rodriguez Department of Urology, Complejo Hospitalario de Albacete, Spain Key Words Myelolipoma W Adrenal gland W Adrenalectomy Abstract Myelolipomas are rare benign tumors often...

...Isoji Sasagawa; Hitoshi Suzuki; Tadashi Tateno; Takuji Izumi; Norifumi Shoji; Teruhiro Nakada We performed 15 retroperitoneoscopic partial adrenalectomies using an endoscopic stapling device to divide the normal adrenal tissue and adenoma. The mean operating time and mean blood loss were 162 (129...