TY - JOUR
T1 - Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy: tips and tricks
AU - De Crea, Carmela
AU - Raffaelli, Marco
AU - D'Amato, Gerardo
AU - Princi, Pietro
AU - Gallucci, Pierpaolo
AU - Bellantone, Rocco Domenico Alfonso
AU - Lombardi, Celestino Pio
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy has recently increased in popularity and currently adopted in about 20% of referral centers. It may provide more direct access to the adrenals, thus avoiding post-operative adhesions and the need for patient repositioning in bilateral adrenalectomy. Although it has been suggested to be feasible for large tumors, large tumor size is indicated as the main limitation of PRA, mainly because of the small space available for dissection.
AB - Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy has recently increased in popularity and currently adopted in about 20% of referral centers. It may provide more direct access to the adrenals, thus avoiding post-operative adhesions and the need for patient repositioning in bilateral adrenalectomy. Although it has been suggested to be feasible for large tumors, large tumor size is indicated as the main limitation of PRA, mainly because of the small space available for dissection.
KW - Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
KW - Adrenalectomy
KW - Bilateral adrenalectomy
KW - Endoscopic adrenalectomy
KW - Humans
KW - Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy
KW - Retroperitoneal Space
KW - Surgery
KW - Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
KW - Adrenalectomy
KW - Bilateral adrenalectomy
KW - Endoscopic adrenalectomy
KW - Humans
KW - Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy
KW - Retroperitoneal Space
KW - Surgery
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/120330
UR - http://www.springer.com/medicine/surgery/journal/13304
U2 - 10.1007/s13304-017-0469-1
DO - 10.1007/s13304-017-0469-1
M3 - Article
SN - 2038-131X
VL - 69
SP - 267
EP - 270
JO - Updates in Surgery
JF - Updates in Surgery
ER -