title: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for nonfunctioning adrenal tumors.
abstract: Thirteen patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for nonfunctioning adrenal tumors were compared with seven patients who underwent open adrenalectomy. Although a longer operating time was required for laparoscopic surgery, postoperative recovery was significantly more rapid. Performance of adrenalectomy for nonfunctioning adrenal tumors is controversial, but we cannot exclude the possibility of malignancy and the potential for hormone overproduction by presumably nonfunctioning small tumors. The minimally invasive nature of laparoscopic surgery may widen the indications for adrenalectomy in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mugiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed