SAGE Open Medicine | |
Past and present in abdominal surgery management for Cushing’s syndrome: | |
RamonVilallonga1  | |
关键词: Adrenal surgery; Cushing’s syndrome; evolution; | |
DOI : 10.1177/2050312114528905 | |
学科分类:医学(综合) | |
来源: Sage Journals | |
【 摘 要 】
Introduction:Data on specific abdominal surgery and Cushing’s syndrome are infrequent and are usually included in the adrenalectomy reports. Current literature suggests the feasibility and reproducibility of the surgical adrenalectomies for patients diagnosed with non-functioning tumours and functioning adrenal tumours including pheochromocytoma, Conn’s syndrome and Cushing’s syndrome.Discussion:Medical treatment for Cushing’s syndrome is feasible but follow-up or clinical situations force the patient to undergo a surgical procedure. Laparoscopic surgery has become a gold standard nowadays in a broad spectrum of pathologies. Laparoscopic adrenalectomies are also standard procedures nowadays. However, despite the different characteristics and clinical disorders related to the laparoscopically removed adrenal tumours, the intraoperative and postoperative outcomes do not significantly differ in most cases between the different groups of patients, techniques and types of tumours. Tumour size, hormonal type an...
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