Table 1 Demographic features of patients and operative data according to the types and distribution of 131 adrenalectomies
From: Experience of an endocrine surgeon in laparoscopic transperitoneal adrenalectomy
Unilateral laparoscopic | Bilateral laparoscopic | Conversion | Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Left | Right | |||||
Adrenalectomies (n) | 85 | 49 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 15 |
Mean age, years, (range) | 50.6 (27–72) | 52 (28–72) | 48.8 (27–68) | 39.9 (23–54) | 48.9 (26–70) | 45.5 (24–64) |
Female/Male (n) | 60/25 | 34/15 | 26/10 | 18/4 | 5/4 | 8/7 |
ASA scores, I/II/III/IV (n) | 20/56/9/0 | 10/33/6/0 | 10/23/3/0 | 10/11/1/0 | 1/6/2/0 | 1/11/3/0 |
Duration of operation, min (mean, range) | 60.4 (40–95) | 60.9 (50–95) | 59.7 (40–85) | 130 (90–210) | 110.6 (80–135) | 94.6 (70–135) |
Estimated blood loss (ml) | 32.7 (0–200) | 28.9 (0–150) | 37.9 (0–200) | 69.1 (0–450) | 117 (50–250) | 76 (20–200) |
Tumor size a , cm (mean, range) | 3.7 (1–8) | 3.4 (1–8) | 4 (1.2–7.2) | 4.7 (3.2–6.2) | 4.8 (3–9.3) | 7.6 (4–11) |
Complications (n, %) | 2 (2.4) | – | 2 (5.6) | 2 (9.1) | – | 1 (6.7) |
Postoperative oral intake, days (mean, range) | 1.02 (1–2) | 1 (1–1) | 1.06 (1–2) | 1 (1–1) | 1 (1–1) | 1.5 (1–7) |
Postoperative hospital stay, days (mean, range) | 1.4 (1–4) | 1.3 (1–4) | 1.4 (1–4) | 3 (1–5) | 4.3 (2–10) | 5.9 (4–14) |