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Robot-Assisted Adrenalectomy Workup and Management

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Robot-assisted adrenalectomy is gaining popularity as an effective treatment option for adrenal diseases. The inherent technological advantages of the robotic approach help the surgeons to overcome some limitations of laparoscopy while providing a minimally invasive approach. Several studies have shown that robot-assisted adrenalectomy is a safe procedure, burdened by lower rates of complications, while providing comparable oncologic outcomes, when compared with laparoscopic and open technique. It is associated with a short learning curve, thus allowing more surgeons, including those with limited laparoscopic experience, to offer their patients an effective and minimally invasive approach to adrenalectomy. This book chapter provides an overview of the procedure, describing indications, technique, possible complications, and outcomes. Moreover, we give some insights on robot-assisted partial adrenalectomy.

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  1. Department of Urology, Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital, Aalst, Belgium

    Stefano Puliatti & Pietro Piazza

  2. ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium

    Stefano Puliatti & Pietro Piazza

  3. Department of Urology, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Stefano Puliatti

  4. Division of Urology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Pietro Piazza

  5. Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Pietro Piazza

  6. Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Declan Murphy

  7. Sir Peter MacCallum Division of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Declan Murphy

  8. Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Erdem Canda

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  3. Pediatric Urology, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA

    Mohan S Gundeti

  4. Urology, Global Robotics Institute, Celebration, FL, USA

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Puliatti, S., Piazza, P., Murphy, D., Canda, E. (2022). Robot-Assisted Adrenalectomy Workup and Management. In: Wiklund, P., Mottrie, A., Gundeti, M.S., Patel, V. (eds) Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00363-9_47

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