Table 1 Demographic characteristcs of patients and indications for surgery
From: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: preoperative data, surgical technique and clinical outcomes
Mean; n (%) | |
|---|---|
Sex (M/F) | 34/47 (42%/58%) |
Age | 55.4 (range 38–81) |
ASA score | |
1 | – |
2 | 5 (6.2%) |
3 | 73 (90.1%) |
4 | 3 (3.7%) |
Previous abdominal surgery | |
- appendectomies | 9 (11.1%) |
- gynecological surgery | 10 (12.3%) |
- other procedures | 4 (5%) |
Pre-operative diagnosis | |
- Cushing’s syndrome | 18 (22.2%) |
- Pheochromocytoma | 14 (17.3%) |
- Conn’s syndrome | 10 (12.3%) |
- Non-secreting adenoma | 17 (21%) |
- Myelolipoma | 11 (13.6%) |
- Adrenal cyst | 3 (3.7%) |
- Hemangioma | 4 (4.9%) |
- Nodular Hyperplasia | 1 (1.2%) |
- Adrenocortical carcinoma | 2 (2.5%) |
- Metastasis | 1 (1.2%) |