Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy

Azadeh A Carr; Tracy S Wang

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2015.08.007

Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2016 Jan;25(1):139-52. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2015.08.007. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Authors

Azadeh A Carr¹, Tracy S Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
² Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: tswang@mcw.edu.

PMID: 26610779
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2015.08.007

Abstract

Minimally invasive adrenalectomy has become the gold standard for removal of benign adrenal tumors. The imaging characteristics, biochemical evaluation, and patient selection for laparoscopic transabdominal and posterior retroperitoneoscopic approaches are discussed with details of surgical technique for both procedures.

Keywords: Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal metastases; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Minimally invasive; Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery*
Adrenalectomy / methods*
Humans
Laparoscopy / methods*