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Belgian Endocrine Society 2020

Online, Online
11 Nov 2020 - 11 Nov 2020

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Influence of catecholamine secretory phenotype and preoperative alpha-blocker preparation on surgical outcome in pheochromocytoma

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Influence of catecholamine secretory phenotype and preoperative alpha-blocker preparation on surgical outcome in pheochromocytoma

Maria Furnica Raluca , Muddaththir Dusoruth Muhammad , Damien Gruson , Alexandre Persu , Michel Mourad , Dominique Maiter

Objectives: Surgery of pheochromocytomas (PC) still carries a high risk of hemodynamic complications during the perioperative period. We aimed to evaluate the influence of their secretory phenotype and preoperative alpha-blocker treatment on surgical outcome.Design: A retrospective monocentric study at a tertiary medical center.Patients: 80 consecutive patients operated for an adrenal PC between 1988 and 2018.<p class="abstext"...