Comparison of Robotic Posterior Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy over Laparoscopic Posterior Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy: A Single Tertiary Center Experience
Table 1
Clinicopathological characteristics of patients who underwent laparoscopic and robotic posterior retroperitoneal adrenalectomy.
Characteristics
Total (n = 230)
Laparoscopic PRA (n = 169)
Robotic PRA (n = 61)
value
Age (years)
49.1 ± 13.0
50.1 ± 13.4
46.5 ± 11.6
0.059
Gender
0.242
Male
85 (37.0%)
66 (39.1%)
19 (31.1%)
Female
145 (63.0%)
103 (60.9%)
42 (68.9%)
Size of adrenal tumor (cm)
3.5 ± 2.2 (0.6, 14)
3.4 ± 2.2 (0.6, 14)
3.7 ± 2.5 (0.9, 12.5)
0.483
Height (cm)
163 ± 8.4
163.0 ± 8.7
163.3 ± 7.3
0.824
Weight (kg)
66.0 ± 11.9
65.9 ± 12.1
66.2 ± 11.3
0.849
BMI
24.8 ± 3.8
24.8 ± 3.9
24.8 ± 3.5
0.974
Length of hospital stay (days)
4.2 ± 2.6
4.2 ± 2.8
4.0 ± 1.8
0.626
Cushing’s syndrome
5.4 ± 3.0
5.5 ± 3.4
5.2 ± 2.1
Pheochromocytoma
4.0 ± 3.1
4.2 ± 3.6
3.5 ± 1.4
Primary aldosteronism
3.3 ± 0.7
3.4 ± 0.7
3.0 ± 0.7
Type of disease
0.309
Pheochromocytoma
78 (33.9%)
54 (32.0%)
24 (39.3%)
Cushing’s syndrome
69 (30.0%)
47 (27.8%)
22 (36.1%)
Primary aldosteronism
51 (22.2%)
42 (24.9%)
9 (14.8%)
Other benign diseases
32 (13.9%)
26 (15.3%)
6 (9.8%)
Site of adrenal tumor
0.233
Right
114 (49.6%)
88 (52.1%)
26 (42.6%)
Left
116 (50.4%)
81 (47.9%)
35 (57.4%)
EBL
Less than 100 cc
230
169
61
1.00
Mean operation time (range, min)
118 ± 53.2 (48–340)
110 ± 50.9 (48–317)
138 ± 54.5 (67–340)
0.001
Type of disease
Pheochromocytoma
136 ± 56.1
126 ± 53.4
161 ± 55.2
0.009
Cushing’s syndrome
100 ± 38.1
90 ± 38.3
119 ± 30.0
0.003
Primary aldosteronism
100 ± 45.2
99 ± 48.3
105 ± 28.0
0.713
Site of adrenal tumor
Right
120 ± 55.4
113 ± 53.9
144 ± 55.0
0.014
Left
115 ± 51.1
106 ± 47.4
134 ± 54.7
0.006
PRA: posterior retroperitoneal adrenalectomy; BMI: body mass index.
