Review Article

Systematic Review of Surgical Approaches for Adrenal Tumors: Lateral Transperitoneal versus Posterior Retroperitoneal and Laparoscopic versus Robotic Adrenalectomy

Table 1

Characteristics and clinical information of the included studies.

AuthorYearSize criteria, 
cm
Number of  
patients
Mean age, years (±SD) Gender ratio  
(male : female)
BMI, kg/m2 (±SD)Mean tumor size, cm (±SD)
LTAPRALTAPRALTAPRA valueLTAPRA valueLTAPRA valueLTAPRA value

Naya et al. [18]2002a66282248.4 ± 12.553.3 ± 7.0N.S8 : 2010 : 12N.S22.2 ± 3.222.5 ± 3.3N.SN.AN.AN.A
Lombardi et al. [19]2008b66383845.2 ± 13.048.9 ± 11.9N.S8 : 308 : 30N.SN.AN.AN.A3.3 ± 1.23.1 ± 0.9N.S
Berber et al. [20]2009a147699052 ± 1451 ± 14N.S25 : 4443 : 47N.S32 ± 928 ± 60.0054.4 ± 0.32.8 ± 0.1<0.001
Kiriakopoulos et al. [21]2011b88303049.5*53.0*N.S11 : 199 : 21N.SN.AN.AN.A4.9*3.8*0.035
Dickson et al. [22]2011aN.AN.A232342.0 ± 18.147.3 ± 16.1N.S7 : 1611 : 12N.S26.1 ± 5.426.2 ± 6.6N.S4.0 ± 2.23.3 ± 1.8N.S
Lee et al. [23]2012a8.57261753.4 ± 10.057.4 ± 13.9N.S7 : 196 : 11N.S24.5 ± 2.625.0 ± 3.2N.S3.9 ± 3.82.6 ± 1.6N.S
Constantinides et al.  
[24]
2013bN.AN.A363549.5 ± 13.649.1 ± 13.6N.S13 : 2215 : 21N.S26.8 ± 4.629.8 ± 5.50.0334.1 ± 2.32.8 ± 1.30.033
Cabalag et al. [25]201488131047*61*N.S5 : 85 : 5N.S28*28.9*N.S3.2*3.5*N.S

Values are expressed as mean with standard deviation, except median.
LTA: lateral transperitoneal adrenalectomy; PRA: posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.
aretrospective study.
bcase-control study.
N.S: not significant; N.A: not available.