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. 2010 Dec 18;25(7):2117–2124. doi: 10.1007/s00464-010-1506-z

Table 1.

Patient demographics

LESS-ARA Standard ARA p Value
No. of patients 19 38
Median age: years (Q1, Q3) 57.0 (54.0, 62.0) 57.0 (53.0, 62.0) 0.96
Male/female 8/11 21/17 0.35
Median BMI (Q1, Q3) 29.8 (26.9, 33.1) 29.0 (25.0, 33.4) 0.65
Median ASA score (Q1, Q3) 2 (2, 3) 2 (2, 3) 0.85
Laterality (right/left) 10/9 15/23 0.35
Median tumor size: cm (Q1, Q3) 2.1 (1.9, 2.6) 3.0 (2.0, 3.5) 0.18
No. with adrenal disease 0.86
 Primary aldosteronism 7 15
 Cushing’s syndrome 4 11
 Nonfunctional tumor 5 7
 Pheochromocytoma 3 5

LESS-ARA laparoendoscopic single-site retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy, BMI body mass index