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LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT ADRENALECTOMY: A NEW APPROACH
Author(s) -
Robertson C. S.,
Chung S. C. S.,
BouchierHayes D.,
Cockram C. S.,
Li A. K. C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb01713.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenal gland , adrenalectomy , pancreas , transverse colon , surgery , anatomy
Left adrenalectomy has been performed previously via anterior, posterior, loin or thoracoabdominal approaches. In the classical transabdominal approach the left adrenal gland is resected following either mobilization of the spleen with the tail of the pancreas or after entering the lesser sac, mobilizing the inferior border of the pancreas off the adrenal gland. This report describes laparoscopic left adrenalectomy, in a patient with Conn's syndrome, performed by a new approach via the root of the left transverse mesocolon.