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Table 3 Preoperative endocrine parameters (24-hour hormones in urine)

From: Laparoscopic and open surgery for pheochromocytoma

Hormones

Laparoscopic

Open

P-value

 

surgery

surgery

value

 

N = 7

N = 9

 

Noradrenalin (nmol)

2000 (444–3819)

1922 (579–7492)

ns

Adrenalin (nmol)

440 (75–870)

570 (180–1795)

ns

Vanillylmandelic

86 (22–121)

72 (30–100)

ns

acid (μmol)

   
  1. Values expressed as median (range) ns – not significant.