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Adrenalectomy
Studies from Kyushu University yield new data on adrenalectomy
May 20th, 2008
According to a study from Fukuoka, Japan, "The treatment of malignant adrenal tumors using laparoscopic surgery remains controversial. We thus compared the perioperative outcome of the laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of malignant tumors with the outcome for benign tumors." "We also evaluated the oncological outcome of the laparoscopic adrenalectomy for a malignancy. Since 1999 a total of nine laparoscopic adrenalectomies for a malignancy have been performed in nine patients. The median adrenal tumor size was 3 cm. The laparoscopic approach was transperitoneal in all cases. Seven patients had no evidence of a systemic metastatic disease, whereas two patients...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-20)
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