Chronic postsurgical pain after minimally invasive adrenalectomy: prevalence and impact on quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimally invasive adrenalectomy is the standard of care for small adrenal tumours. Both the transperitoneal lateral approach and posterior retroperitoneal approach are widely used and have been proven to be safe and effective. However, the prevalence of chronic postsurgical pain has not been specifically investigated in previous studies. The primary goal of this study was to identify the prevalence of chronic postsurgical pain after minimally invasive adrenalectomy.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was performed among all consecutive patients who had undergone minimally invasive adrenalectomy in a single university medical centre. The primary outcome was the prevalence of chronic postsurgical pain. Secondary outcomes were the prevalence of localized hypoesthesia,

SUBMITTER: van Helden EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature