{"title":"Thoracoabdominal approach to large adrenal tumors - when laparoscopic adrenalectomy is not enough: a retrospective four-year study.","authors":"Konstantinos Tsalis, Orestis Ioannidis, Natalia Antigoni Savvala, Grigorios Gkasdaris, Panagiotis Christidis, Elissavet Anestiadou, Ioannis Mantzoros, Manousos Pramateftakis, Efstathios Kotidis, Nikolaos Ouzounidis, Vasilis Foutsitzis, Savvas Symeonidis, Stefanos Bitsianis, Angeliki Cheva, Stamatios Angelopoulos","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e130680","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is considered to be the gold standard approach in the field of adrenal surgery. This technique offers advantages of great importance compared to variant laparotomy techniques. Notwithstanding, a technique that needs to be mentioned is the thoracoabdominal approach which facilitates the anatomic exposure of the retroperitoneum, adrenal gland, and great vessels and is strongly recommended for the surgery of large, malignant adrenal tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Folia medica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e130680","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is considered to be the gold standard approach in the field of adrenal surgery. This technique offers advantages of great importance compared to variant laparotomy techniques. Notwithstanding, a technique that needs to be mentioned is the thoracoabdominal approach which facilitates the anatomic exposure of the retroperitoneum, adrenal gland, and great vessels and is strongly recommended for the surgery of large, malignant adrenal tumors.