Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome
Background: Giant adrenal tumours are tumours with size ≥6 cm. These are rare cancer associated with malignancy in 25% of cases. Patients and Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of patients admitted to our high-volume centre of Careggi University Hospital with a gian...
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| description | Background: Giant adrenal tumours are tumours with size ≥6 cm. These are rare cancer associated with malignancy in 25% of cases.
Patients and Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of patients admitted to our high-volume centre of Careggi University Hospital with a giant adrenal tumour and submitted to adrenalectomy between January 2008 and December 2018. The group of patients who underwent to laparoscopic adrenalectomy was compared with a group of patients that was submitted to open adrenalectomy.
Results: In the past 10 years, we performed about 245 adrenalectomies for benign and malignant adrenal tumours. Fifty (20.4%) of these were giant tumours. The medium size was 9.9 cm (7–22 cm). The mean age was 57 years (21–81 years). Thirty-four (68%) of these cancers were laparoscopically removed and 16 (32%) with an open approach. The surgical outcomes in these patients were optimal if compared to the group of patients submitted to open approach in terms of good pain control, hospital stay, mean operative time and bloodless. No difference was observed about post-operative complications in the two groups. The follow-up after 30 months for malignant tumours did not show local recurrences.
Conclusion: Our results pinpoint the advantages of performing a laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours. The tumour size is only a predictive parameter of possible malignancy, and the laparoscopic approach is a safe and feasible method in terms of surgical and oncological, only if performed by expert surgeons and in high-volume centres. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ee8d48211e54a18a5f75d0b5cc9650b2022-12-21T22:57:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Minimal Access Surgery0972-99411998-39212021-01-01171768010.4103/jmas.JMAS_266_19Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcomeAlessio GiordanoGiovanni AlemannoCarlo BergaminiAndrea ValeriPaolo ProsperiBackground: Giant adrenal tumours are tumours with size ≥6 cm. These are rare cancer associated with malignancy in 25% of cases. Patients and Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of patients admitted to our high-volume centre of Careggi University Hospital with a giant adrenal tumour and submitted to adrenalectomy between January 2008 and December 2018. The group of patients who underwent to laparoscopic adrenalectomy was compared with a group of patients that was submitted to open adrenalectomy. Results: In the past 10 years, we performed about 245 adrenalectomies for benign and malignant adrenal tumours. Fifty (20.4%) of these were giant tumours. The medium size was 9.9 cm (7–22 cm). The mean age was 57 years (21–81 years). Thirty-four (68%) of these cancers were laparoscopically removed and 16 (32%) with an open approach. The surgical outcomes in these patients were optimal if compared to the group of patients submitted to open approach in terms of good pain control, hospital stay, mean operative time and bloodless. No difference was observed about post-operative complications in the two groups. The follow-up after 30 months for malignant tumours did not show local recurrences. Conclusion: Our results pinpoint the advantages of performing a laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours. The tumour size is only a predictive parameter of possible malignancy, and the laparoscopic approach is a safe and feasible method in terms of surgical and oncological, only if performed by expert surgeons and in high-volume centres.http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2021;volume=17;issue=1;spage=76;epage=80;aulast=adrenalgiant adrenal tumourlaparoscopic adrenalectomylaparoscopic surgeryopen adrenalectomy |
| spellingShingle | Alessio Giordano Giovanni Alemanno Carlo Bergamini Andrea Valeri Paolo Prosperi Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome Journal of Minimal Access Surgery adrenal giant adrenal tumour laparoscopic adrenalectomy laparoscopic surgery open adrenalectomy |
| title | Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| title_full | Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| title_fullStr | Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| title_short | Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours: Technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| title_sort | laparoscopic adrenalectomy for giant adrenal tumours technical considerations and surgical outcome |
| topic | adrenal giant adrenal tumour laparoscopic adrenalectomy laparoscopic surgery open adrenalectomy |
| url | http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2021;volume=17;issue=1;spage=76;epage=80;aulast= |
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