ea0020p33 | Adrenal | ECE2009
Kekis Panagiotis
, Markogiannakis Haridimos
, Michalopoulos Nikolaos
, Lagoudianakis Emmanuel
, Fleming Bill
, Martinez-Isla Alberto
, Lynn John
, Manouras Andreas
Objective: To evaluate the results of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in our institutions.Methods: Prospectively collected data from 2000 to 2007.Results: During the 8-year study period, 160 laparoscopic adrenalectomies were performed in 150 patients. Mean age was 49.8 years (female: 60.7%). Twenty-seven patients (18%) had previous open abdominal operations. There were 10 bilateral (6.6%) for Cushings disease, 64 right (42.7%) and...