Should We Hesitate to Perform Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromacytomas Larger Than 5 cm in Diameter with No Pre-Operative Suspicious Criteria for Malignancy?

ÇİÇEK, MEHMET; GÜNSEREN, KADİR; Ozmerdiven, Cagdas; VURUŞKAN, HAKAN; YAVAŞCAOĞLU, İSMET

doi:10.14744/semb.2021.81598

Should We Hesitate to Perform Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromacytomas Larger Than 5 cm in Diameter with No Pre-Operative Suspicious Criteria for Malignancy?

ÇİÇEK M. Ç. , GÜNSEREN K. Ö. , Ozmerdiven C. G. , VURUŞKAN H. , YAVAŞCAOĞLU İ.

MEDICAL BULLETIN OF SISLI ETFAL HOSPITAL, vol.56, no.2, pp.244-249, 2022 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 56 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2022
Doi Number: 10.14744/semb.2021.81598
Title of Journal : MEDICAL BULLETIN OF SISLI ETFAL HOSPITAL
Page Numbers: pp.244-249
Keywords: Adrenal mass, laparoscopic adrenalectomy, pheochromacytoma, RETROPERITONEAL APPROACH, ANTERIOR ADRENALECTOMY, PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA, TRANSPERITONEAL, RESECTION, OUTCOMES, SURGERY

Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to compare the outcomes of patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) for pheochromacy- toma (PHE) >= 5cm versus <5 cm in diameter.