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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies

From: Comparison of the retroperitoneal versus Transperitoneal laparoscopic Adrenalectomy perioperative outcomes and safety for Pheochromocytoma: a meta-analysis

Study

Year

Design

Sample Size

Tumor Size (cm)

BMI

TLA

PRA

TLA

PRA

TLA

PRA

Li

2010

R

40

59

4.5

4.3

25.5

26.31

Dickson

2011

R

23

23

4.0

3.3

26.1

26.2

Kiriakopoul

2015

R

17

19

5.1

3.7

NA

NA

Shiraishi

2019

R

12

10

6.6

7.4

23.4

23.2

  1. R retrospective study, NA not available, TLA transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy, PRA posterior retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy, BMI body mass index
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