• JSLS · Jul 2003

    Case Reports

    Laparoscopic bilateral adrenalectomy with the use of a single midline hand-assist port.

    • Michael Perrotti, Murali Ankem, Steven Peterson, and W Peter Geis.
    • Division of Urology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
    • JSLS. 2003 Jul 1; 7 (3): 273-5.

    AbstractIndications for bilateral adrenalectomy are rarely present in patients with Cushing's syndrome. The laparoscopic approach to adrenalectomy provides a postoperative course that compares favorably with that of open adrenalectomy, and the hand-assisted technique may provide an additional alternative to the open approach in performing bilateral adrenalectomy.

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