Author/Authors :
Penbegül, Necmettin Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Üroloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Kılınç, Faruk Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Endokrinoloji Bilim Dalı, Türkiye , Yıldırım, Kadir Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Üroloji Anabilim Dal, Türkiye , Atar, Murat Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Üroloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Bodakçi, Mehmet Nuri Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Üroloji AD, Türkiye , Hatipoğlu, Namık Kemal Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Üroloji Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Tuzcu, Alparslan Kemal Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Endokrinoloji Bilim Dalı, Türkiye
Abstract :
Objectives: The aim of this study is to present the results of our first ten laparoscopic adrenalectomy cases which were performed in our clinic. Materials and methods: Between December 2010 and September 2012 the standard transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed on 10 patients. Data of patients such as age, weight, height, operation time, hospitalization time, complications, size of adrenal mass and pathological diagnosis were retrospectively reviewed and recorded from the hospital records. Results: Three of ten patients were male and seven of them were female. The mean age of the patients was 42.12±11.4 (21-55) years. Mean operation time was recorded as 136±23.6 (100-190) min. Mean tumor size was 7.1±2.7 (5-12) cm. None of the patients required blood transfusion. Mean hospital stay was 2.3±1.2 (2-6) days. Pathological diagnoses of masses were pheocromacytoma in two patients, adrenal adenoma in six, myelolipoma in one and pseudocist in one. Conclusions: According to our experience with the limited number of the first ten cases, transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a safe and effective treatment modality, associated with minimal morbidity. To obtain more reliable information larger series with long-term results of laparoscopic adrenalectomy is needed.
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Laparoscopy , adrenalectomy , experience , transperitoneal
