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Published on: May 23, 2025
[Laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Results of 10 cases]
Bassani Abboud1, Fredy Eid, Cyril Tohmé
1Service de Chirurgie générale, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Faculté de Médecine, Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban. dbabboud@yahoo.fr
Aim Of The Study:
To report our experience in laparoscopic adrenalectomy and to evaluate the effectiveness of this technique for a variety of endocrine disorders.
Methods:
Ten patients were operated for laparoscopic adrenalectomy between January 1998 and January 2001.
Results:
Eight females and two men, of 45 years mean age (range, 16-71 years), were operated for laparoscopic adrenalectomy. There were 8 tumours in right adrenal gland and two in the left adrenal gland. Indications were: pheochromocytomas (n = 5), aldosterone-producing adenoma (n = 2), cortisol-producing adenoma (n = 2) and cyst (n = 1). All patients had a CT Scan or RMI preoperatively. The patients with pheochromocytoma were prepared preoperatively. Mean operative time was 133 minutes (range, 110-190 minutes). There was no mortality and morbidity was encountered in one patient (bleeding in a trocart site peroperatively). During pheochromocytoma operation, hypertension occurred in two patients. There was one conversion secondary to bleeding. The average length of stay was 3.6 days (range, 2-7 days). During follow-up (range, 6-36 months), the patients were satisfied and none had recurrence of hormonal excess.
Conclusion:
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is safe, effective and decreases hospital stay and convalescence. The laparoscopic approach is the procedure of choice for adrenalectomy except in the case of carcinoma.
