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Review
. 2020 Jun;9(3):844-848.
doi: 10.21037/gs-2019-ra-05.

Robotic adrenalectomy in patients with pheochromocytoma: a systematic review

Florence Bihain  1 , Marc Klein  2 , Claire Nomine-Criqui  1 , Laurent Brunaud  1
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Review

Robotic adrenalectomy in patients with pheochromocytoma: a systematic review

Florence Bihain et al. Gland Surg. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) are neural crest cell tumors producing catecholamines. PHEOS need to be early diagnosed and adequately managed. Adrenalectomy is the gold standard treatment of these type of tumors. There has been major improvement of surgical technologies with the development of laparoscopic and robotic systems these past several years. We conducted a review of the literature to evaluate the robotic approach for adrenalectomy for patients with PHEO.

Keywords: Pheochromocytoma; adrenalectomy; hemodynamic instability; laparoscopy; morbidity; robotics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/gs-2019-ra-05). The series “Robotic Adrenalectomy”was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.

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