The recommended treatment for adrenocortical cancer (ACC) is surgical excision. Two studies have compared open versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy for tumor excision in patients with ACC, and have ...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is routinely used to excise small, benign adrenal tumors; nevertheless, the application of this technique to large, potentially malignant tumors is controversial.

The role of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in malignant adrenal tumours still remains controversial; however there are some reports on this approach in paediatrics [5, 7]. The results of laparoscopic ...

Rolando Mendiola and Dr. Miguel Mendoza, two of AHMC’s laparoscopic surgeons, recently performed a laparoscopic adrenalectomy on a 57-year old woman suffering from persistent hypertension ...

6. Dudley N, Harrison B, Comparison of open posterior versus transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Br J Surg 1999; 86: 656-60. 7. Brunt L, Doherty G, Norton, et al. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy ...

Correct diagnosis is essential for successful treatment of tumors in the adrenal cortex. This case demonstrates that recurrent tumors should be treated by open adrenalectomy rather than laparoscopy.

Takamatsu and colleagues analyzed data from 166 adults diagnosed with an aldosterone-producing adenoma who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy between 2001 and 2017 at Keio University Hospital ...

If only one adrenal gland is affected, surgery can cure the hypertension. If both adrenal glands produce too much aldosterone, ... (isolated adrenal metastases), then surgical removal with ...

Advanced laparoscopic surgeon, Dr Ramcharran clarified that the procedure was a laparoscopic adrenalectomy of the right side. This he noted was an advanced procedure and he added that the team was ...