Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Thyrotoxicosis is a common endocrine disorder in the UK, with a prevalence of 2% in females and 0.2% in men. Endocrine services at Barnet / Chase Farm Hospitals receive ~250 new referrals per year, equating to a local incidence of 50 per 100,000. There is often a significant delay between GP referral and Endocrine clinic review, resulting in delays to commencing anti-thyroid treatment. These delays have been exacerbated by the Covid crisis. A need was identified fo...

Background: Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for phaeochromocytomas. Introduction of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) led to a reduction in the number of open adrenalectomies (OA); however, there is limited information comparing the two techniques.Objectives: We report here a comparison of LA and OA operations for phaeochromocytoma performed over 20 years.Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all patients unde...