Ces Urol 2001, 5(5):28-33 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2001040

Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for feochromocytoma

V. Študent, K. Belej, A. Vidlář, I. Hartmann, F. Zaťura

Urologická klinika, FN Olomouc

The authors present their first experience of the laparoscopic operation of feochromocytoma - partial adrenalectomy.
Feochromocytoma was confirmed by the endocrinological examination in a 35 year old female with fluctuating hypertension in her history. The CT scan imagined the tumour in the lower part of the left adrenal gland. We explored laparoscopically the area over the vena renalis sinistra, cut selectively v. suprarenalis sinistra, cut a. suprarenalis sinistra inferior and media, and finished the resection of the tumour of 3 cm size. No substantial fluctuation of the arterial blood pressure followed. There were no complications during the postoperative course. The patient was discharged on the third day after the surgery. No further antihypertensive treatment was required. The minimally invasive approach enables effective treatment of the dangerous, hormonally active tumours, of the adrenal medulla.

Keywords: Adrenal gland, Laparoscopy, Adrenalectomy, Feochromocytoma

Published: December 1, 2001