SynthesisBMC surgery2020
Obesity and postoperative outcomes of the patients with laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Does Robotic Adrenalectomy Outperform Laparoscopic Approaches in Obese Patients? A Systematic Review and Subgroup Meta-Analysis of 1,107 Patients.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Obesity on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic/Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Benign or Malignant Adrenal Diseases: A Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of obesity on perioperative outcomes following gastrointestinal surgery: meta-analysis.BJS open · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Excess Body Weight on Postsurgical Complications.Visceral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Mayo adhesive probability score predicts perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Outcomes for Patients with Obesity Undergoing Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma: An International Multicenter Analysis.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Propensity score-matched analysis examining the role of obesity on outcomes in retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a cohort study.Gland surgery · 2024Article
- Outcomes and Follow-Up Trends in Adrenal Leiomyosarcoma: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Risk factors for intraoperative complications, postoperative complications, and prolonged length of stay after laparoscopic adrenalectomy by transperitoneal lateral approach: a retrospective cohort study of 547 procedures.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- The Impact of Obesity on Mortality and Complications in Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy.Cureus · 2023Article
- Laparoscopic versus robotic adrenalectomy in severely obese patients.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Minimally invasive techniques in benign and malignant adrenal tumors.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Review
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- Peri- and postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in nonobese versus obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2022Review
- Postoperative outcomes of minimally invasive adrenalectomy: do body mass index and tumor size matter? A single-center experience.BMC surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have suggested differences in postoperative outcomes between patients with obesity and those without following adrenalectomy, but these remained to be ascertained with synthesis of available evidence. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the association between obesity and outcomes of patients after laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
methodsWe searched EMBASE, PubMed, Global Index Medicus, and Web of Science, without language restriction, to identify cohort studies published between January 1, 2000 and November 6, 2019. We considered studies with data comparing outcomes of adults with and without obesity after laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool study-specific estimates. This review was registered with PROSPERO, CRD42018117070.
resultsFive studies with data on a pooled sample of 353 patients with obesity and 828 without were included in the meta-analysis. The risk of bias was moderate to low. We found no association between obesity and the various stages of postoperative complications: Clavien-Dindo grade 1 (OR = 1.57; 95%CI = 0.55-4.48; I
conclusionsThis study suggests that obesity is not associated with complications following laparoscopic adrenalectomy. This meta-analysis might have been underpowered to detect a true association between obesity and patient outcome after laparoscopic adrenalectomy due to the small number of included studies. Larger studies are needed to clarify the role of obesity in patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
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