Carlo V Feo1, Mattia Portinari2,3, Umberto Maestroni4, Paolo Del Rio4, Silvia Severi1, Lorenzo Viani4, Riccardo Pravisani5, Giorgio Soliani1, Maria Chiara Zatelli6, Maria Rosaria Ambrosio6, Jenny Tong7, Giovanni Terrosu5, Vittorio Bresadola5. 1. Section of Clinica Chirurgica, Department of Morphology, Surgery, and Experimental Medicine, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 2. Section of Clinica Chirurgica, Department of Morphology, Surgery, and Experimental Medicine, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. mattia.portinari@unife.it. 3. Clinica Chirurgica, Arcispedale S. Anna, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro, 8 | 1C2 Room 2 34 03, 44124, Ferrara (Cona), Italy. mattia.portinari@unife.it. 4. Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. 5. Section of Clinica Chirurgica, Department of Medical and Biological Science, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital of Udine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. 6. Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 7. Division of Endocrinology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Controversies exist in the best surgical approach (open vs. laparoscopy) to large adrenal tumours without peri-operative evidence of primary carcinoma, mainly due to possible capsular disruption of an unsuspected malignancy. In addition, intra-operative blood loss, conversion rate, operative time, and hospital stay may be increased with laparoscopy. THE AIMS OF OUR STUDY WERE: (1) to compare clinical outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for large versus small adrenal tumours and (2) to identify risk factors associated with increased operative time and hospital stay in laparoscopic adrenalectomy. METHODS: This is a multicentre retrospective cohort study in a large patient population (N = 200) who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy in 2004-2014 at three Italian academic hospitals. Patients were divided into two cohorts according to tumour size: "large" tumours were defined as ≥5 cm (N = 50) and "small" tumours as <5 cm (N = 150). Further analysis adopting a ≥8 cm (N = 15) cut-off size was performed. RESULTS: The study groups were comparable in age and gender distribution as well as their tumour characteristics. The operative time (p = 0.671), conversion rate (p = 0.488), intra- (p = 0.876) and post-operative (p = 0.639) complications, and hospital stay (p = 0.229) were similar between groups. With a cut-off size ≥5 cm, the early study period (2004-2009), which included operators' learning curve, was associated with increased risk of longer operative time (HR 0.57; 95 % CI 0.40-0.82), while American Society of Anaesthesiology score ≥3 was associated with prolonged hospital stay (HR 0.67; 95 % CI 0.47-0.97). Tumour size ≥8 cm was associated with prolonged operative time (HR 0.47; 95 % CI 0.24-0.94). CONCLUSIONS: Surgeons skilled in advanced laparoscopy and adrenal surgery can perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy safely in patients with ≥5-cm tumours with no increase in hospital stay, or conversion rate, although operative time may be increased for ≥8-cm tumours. Surgeon' experience, size ≥8 cm, and patient comorbidities have the largest impact on operative time and length of hospital stay in laparoscopic large adrenal tumour resection.
BACKGROUND: Controversies exist in the best surgical approach (open vs. laparoscopy) to large adrenal tumours without peri-operative evidence of primary carcinoma, mainly due to possible capsular disruption of an unsuspected malignancy. In addition, intra-operative blood loss, conversion rate, operative time, and hospital stay may be increased with laparoscopy. THE AIMS OF OUR STUDY WERE: (1) to compare clinical outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for large versus small adrenal tumours and (2) to identify risk factors associated with increased operative time and hospital stay in laparoscopic adrenalectomy. METHODS: This is a multicentre retrospective cohort study in a large patient population (N = 200) who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy in 2004-2014 at three Italian academic hospitals. Patients were divided into two cohorts according to tumour size: "large" tumours were defined as ≥5 cm (N = 50) and "small" tumours as <5 cm (N = 150). Further analysis adopting a ≥8 cm (N = 15) cut-off size was performed. RESULTS: The study groups were comparable in age and gender distribution as well as their tumour characteristics. The operative time (p = 0.671), conversion rate (p = 0.488), intra- (p = 0.876) and post-operative (p = 0.639) complications, and hospital stay (p = 0.229) were similar between groups. With a cut-off size ≥5 cm, the early study period (2004-2009), which included operators' learning curve, was associated with increased risk of longer operative time (HR 0.57; 95 % CI 0.40-0.82), while American Society of Anaesthesiology score ≥3 was associated with prolonged hospital stay (HR 0.67; 95 % CI 0.47-0.97). Tumour size ≥8 cm was associated with prolonged operative time (HR 0.47; 95 % CI 0.24-0.94). CONCLUSIONS: Surgeons skilled in advanced laparoscopy and adrenal surgery can perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy safely in patients with ≥5-cm tumours with no increase in hospital stay, or conversion rate, although operative time may be increased for ≥8-cm tumours. Surgeon' experience, size ≥8 cm, and patient comorbidities have the largest impact on operative time and length of hospital stay in laparoscopic large adrenal tumour resection.
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