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Adrenalectomy
aka adrenalectomies
Removing an adrenal gland. Open, complete (R0) removal is the only cure for adrenocortical carcinoma.
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy suits benign tumours and small metastases, but adrenocortical carcinoma requires open en-bloc resection because capsule rupture seeds the abdomen. Adjuvant mitotane follows in high-risk cases. Adrenal metastases from lung cancer are sometimes resected or treated with SBRT in oligometastatic disease.
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Procedures