TY - JOUR
T1 - Minimally invasive approaches to adrenal Tumors: An up-to-date summary including patient position and port placement of laparoscopic, retroperitoneoscopic, robot-assisted, and single-site adrenalectomy
AU - Hupe, Marie C.
AU - Imkamp, Florian
AU - Merseburger, Axel S.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Purpose of review: There are multiple minimal invasive approaches to remove the adrenal gland. The purpose of this review is to summarize the most up-to-date findings about laparoscopic, retroperitoneoscopic, robot-assisted, and single-site adrenalectomy, and to define the most common approaches to the adrenal gland. Recent findings: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard to remove adrenal tumors. New approaches are being explored to outperform the advantages of laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Summary: Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy, when performed by skilled surgeons, offers an alternative to the conventional laparoscopic approach, with better outcome. The robot-assisted and single-site approaches still need further studies to fully identify their roles in adrenalectomy.
AB - Purpose of review: There are multiple minimal invasive approaches to remove the adrenal gland. The purpose of this review is to summarize the most up-to-date findings about laparoscopic, retroperitoneoscopic, robot-assisted, and single-site adrenalectomy, and to define the most common approaches to the adrenal gland. Recent findings: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard to remove adrenal tumors. New approaches are being explored to outperform the advantages of laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Summary: Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy, when performed by skilled surgeons, offers an alternative to the conventional laparoscopic approach, with better outcome. The robot-assisted and single-site approaches still need further studies to fully identify their roles in adrenalectomy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983043941&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000339
DO - 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000339
M3 - Scientific review articles
C2 - 27533502
AN - SCOPUS:84983043941
VL - 27
SP - 56
EP - 61
JO - Current Opinion in Urology
JF - Current Opinion in Urology
SN - 0963-0643
IS - 1
ER -