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Table 1 Morbidity rate in 282 laparoscopic adrenalectomies for incidentaloma with final histology

From: Preoperative workup in the assessment of adrenal incidentalomas: outcome from 282 consecutive laparoscopic adrenalectomies

Complication

Group A

Group B

Intraoperative bleeding

3 ACC > 6 cm *; 1 myelolipoma > 6 cm*

3 nonfunctioning adenomas < 4 cm*; 1 ACC > 4 cm*

Cava vein tear

1 ACC > 6 cm*

 

Liver injury

2 ACC > 6 cm*

1 non functioning adenoma < 4 cm*

Spleen injury

1 myelolipoma > 6 cm*

1 non functioning adenoma < 4 cm*

Postoperative bleeding

2 ACC > 6 cm**

2 nonfunctioning adenomas < 4 cm**

Port site hematoma

1 nonfunctioning adenoma > 6 cm

1 myelolipoma

Port site infection

1 myelolipoma > 6 cm

 

Postoperative uncontrolled blood pressure

 

1 pheochromocytoma

Total

12/230 (5.2%)

10/52 (19.2%)

  1. *Conversion to open surgery required.
  2. **In one case surgical revision required.