Experience in endoscopic treatment of patients with adrenal neoplasms

Abstract

Objective: To summarize the experience of endoscopic surgical treatment of patients with adrenal neoplasms.Methods: The results of treatment of 80 patients (64 women and 16 men) with adrenal neoplasm were retrospectively analyzed in Medical Center, Far Eastern Federal University, from 2014 to 2019.Results: Andrenalectomies were performed via three accesses: laparoscopic (49 cases), retroperitoneoscopic (22 cases) and laparoscopy-assisted (6 cases). Three cases required conversion. 70 benign and 10 malignant neoplasms were removed. Complications, including one death, developed in four cases.Conclusions: Minimally invasive andrenalectomy is safer and more preferable than open surgery due to reduced duration of hospital stay, decreased rate of complications, degree of pain syndrome, extent of blood loss and need for opioid analgesics.