01 April 2022 : Clinical Research
A Retrospective Study of 881 Lateral Transabdominal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomies Performed Between 1997 and 2017 at a Single Center in Poland to Determine Factors Associated with Surgery Time
Milena Duralska1ABCDEF*, Jacek Dzwonkowski1ABDE, Janusz SierdzińskiDOI: 10.12659/MSM.936272
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936272
Table 1 Reasons for exclusion from the study.
| Reason for exclusion from the study | Number |
|---|---|
| Learning curve | 30 |
| Additional procedure performed | |
| Cholecystectomy | 25 |
| Hernia repair | 10 |
| Bilateral adrenalectomies | 17 |
| Conversion to open surgery | 11 |
| Bilateral adrenalectomies and Conversion to open surgery | 2 |
| Adrenal-sparing procedure | 21* |
| * Includes 6 cases which overlap with previous reasons for exclusion. | |






