Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Initial Report and Review of the Literature

摘要

We report the first robot-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenocortical carcinoma. This patient wasnreferred to our center for extirpation of an incidentally discovered 8-cm adrenal mass. The patient underwentnrobot-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Surgical margins were negative for malignancy, and the patientnwas discharged home on the first postoperative day. We review the literature regarding robot-assistednlaparoscopic adrenalectomy and discuss the potential benefits of this technique as compared with standardnlaparoscopy in the management of adrenocortical carcinoma.