Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Assessment of the Surgical Learning Curve

Table 1

Patient demographics and preoperative findings.

	Laparoscopic adrenalectomies (2001–2010)
Unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomies	44 (20 right, 24 left)
Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomies	4
Total laparoscopic adrenalectomies	52
Age median (range, ±SD)	51 (21–69, ±11)
Gender (m/f)	19/29
Indications
Pheochromocytoma	13
Aldosterone-secreting adenoma	13
Cortisol-secreting adenoma	7
Cushing’s syndrome (pituitary ACTH source)	3
Adrenal hyperplasia (ectopic ACTH production)	1
Androgen-secreting adenoma	1
Metastasis	4
Others (nonfunctional adenomas, incidentalomas)	6

SD: standard deviation; ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone.