Partial adrenalectomy: underused first line therapy for small adrenal tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Many patients with small adrenal masses undergo total adrenalectomy. We evaluated partial adrenalectomy outcomes by performing a comprehensive literature review.

Materials and methods

We performed a PubMed search of the English language literature using the queries partial adrenalectomy and adrenal sparing surgery, and identified 317 and 155 articles, respectively. We excluded case reports or series with fewer than 5 patients, articles not focused on surgical management and those that did not indicate perioperative outcomes. The remaining articles were cross-referenced by author and institution to eliminate studies with redundant cases. Demographics, diagnosis, tumor characteristics, perioperative and functional outcomes, and recurrence data were collected when avail

SUBMITTER: Kaye DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3164765 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature