Download PDF
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2012; 02(04): 74-76
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703619
Case Report

LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES.

Sandeep B. Rai
1   Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, Justice K.S. Hedge Medical College, NITTE University, Mangalore - 575 018
,
Rajesh Ballal
2   Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Justice K.S. Hedge Medical College, NITTE University, Mangalore - 575 018
,
Raghu Shankar
3   Professor and head, Department of Surgery, Justice K.S. Hedge Medical College, NITTE University, Mangalore - 575 018
› Author Affiliations
› Further Information
Also available at
  PDF Download Permissions and Reprints

Abstract

Reporting on the laparoscopic technique for adrenal disease in children and adolescents has been limited. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy are been performed in selected patients in centers with advanced laparoscopic expertise. Here we report two cases of laparoscopic adrenalectomy done for functional adrenal tumors in pediatric patients.

Keywords

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy - feminizing adrenal tumor - Cushing's adenoma


Publication History

Article published online:
29 April 2020

© .

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd.
A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India

 

  • References

  • 1 Gagner M, Lacorix A, Bolte E. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in Cushing's syndrome and pheochromocytoma. N Engl J Med 1992;327:1033.
  • 2 Vargas HI, Kavoussi LR, Bartlett DL, Wagner JR, Venzon DJ, Fraker DL, et al.. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: A new standard of care. Urology 1997;49:673-8.
  • 3 Gil-Cardenas A, Cordon C, Gamino R, Rull JA, Gomez-Perez F, Pantoja JP, et al.. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Lessons learned from an initial series of 100 patients. Surg Endosc 2008;22:991-4.
  • 4 Suzuki K, Kageyama S, Hirano Y, et al: Comparison of 3 surgical approaches to laparoscopic adrenalectomy: A nonrandomized, background matched analysis. J Urol 166:437-443, 2001
  • 5 Miller K. A , Albanese. C, Harrison. M, Farmer. D, Ostlie D. J, Gittes G, Holcomb G. W III. Experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg 2002 37:979-982.
  • 6 Skarsgard ED, Albanese CT. The safety and efficacy of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in children. Arch Surg 2005;140:905-8
  • 7 Kadamba P, Habib Z, Rossi L. Experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy in children. J Pediatr Surg 2004;39:764-7
  • 8 Gagner M, Pomp A, Heniford BT, et al: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Lessons learned from 100 consecutive procedures. Ann Surg 226:238-247, 1997