Research Article

Laparoscopic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Comparison of clinical parameters in the HD and non-HD patient groups.

HDNon-HD value

Number750
Age61 (44–67)56 (24–86)0.948
Sex (male/female)2/528/220.173
BMI (kg/m2)22.2 (19.3–28.2)22.3 (16.2–28.7)0.762
Side (right/left)3/425/250.723
Tumor size (mm)29 (22–60)40 (15–95)0.282
Preoperative Sbp120 (114–208)129 (87–170)0.597
Epinephrine (pg/mL)257 (50–395)148 (15–3221)0.563
Norepinephrine (pg/mL)610 (233–2818)1454 (198–8112)0.131
Dopamine (pg/mL)24 (13–76)18 (5–216)0.190
MIBG uptake (yes/no)7/048/1>0.999
Smoking (yes/no)1/622/280.223
Antihypertensive drug (yes/no)6/125/250.112

HD, hemodialysis; BMI, body mass index; sBP, systolic blood pressure; MIBG, metaiodobenzylguanidine.