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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in elderly patients

Maciej Otto
,
Jacek Dzwonkowski
,
Tomasz Ciąćka
,
Ireneusz Nawrot
,
Maciej Jędrasik
,
Jacek Szmidt

Wideochirurgia i inne techniki małoinwazyjne 2006; 2: 54–58
Online publish date: 2006/08/18
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Aim:
Evaluation of patients ł65 years of age with adrenal pathology operated laparoscopically and comparing their results with group of younger patients.
Material and methods:
We studied 299 patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy via lateral transperitoneal approach. 57 (19%) of them were patients ł65 years of age.
Results:
The results as well as type and number of intraoperative and postoperative complications were not significantly different between the group of elderly patients and the group of younger patients.
Conclusions:
1. LA via lateral transperitoneal approach is a safe procedure. 2. Qualifying patients for adrenalectomy the age shoudn’t be a contraindication in the case of laparoscopic method.
keywords:

laparoscopic adrenalectomy, adrenal tumors, elderly patients
  
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