title: Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy.
abstract: Minimally invasive adrenalectomy has become the gold standard for removal of benign adrenal tumors. The imaging characteristics, biochemical evaluation, and patient selection for laparoscopic transabdominal and posterior retroperitoneoscopic approaches are discussed with details of surgical technique for both procedures.
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Azadeh A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: tswang@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Tracy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal metastases; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Minimally invasive; Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy