Is Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Adrenalectomy a Feasible Alternative in Treating Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma?

Table 1

Patient characteristics and surgical results.

	Single-port	Multiport	p
Number of patients	45	71
Age (years)	50.8 (11.5)	51.3 (10.3)	0.82
Sex (M : F)	28/21	34/45	0.12
BMI	27.8 (7.2)	25.5 (4.4)	0.06
Operative time (minutes)	112.7 (52.3)	97 (25.8)	0.07
Tumor size (gm)	1.8 (0.5)	1.8 (0.7)	0.83
Right/left-side tumor	22/27	30/49	0.44
Aldosterone (ng/dL)	56.2 (20.7)	61.0 (44.2)	0.55
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Preoperative	152.6 (15.5)	152.7 (20.0)	0.96
Postoperative	127.9 (9.7)	137.1 (15.5)	<0.01
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Preoperative	98.4 (13.2)	88.8 (12.9)	<0.01
Postoperative	82.7 (7.5)	84.2 (11.1)	0.36
Mean follow-up (month)	14.3 (12.2)	10.8 (3.8)	0.06

Data expressed as mean (SD) or absolute number of patients
BMI: body mass index.