Table 3.
Complications of laparoscopic LTA versus PRA.
| Author | Conversion, n (%) | Postoperative bleeding requiring surgery, n (%) | Mortality, n (%) | Others, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTA | PRA | LTA | LTA | LTA | PRA | LTA | PRA | |
| Naya et al. [18] | 4a | 3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lombardi et al. [19] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Berber et al. [20] | 2c | 2d | 0 | 0 | 2e | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kiriakopoulos et al. [21] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dickson et al. [22] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee et al. [23] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constantinides et al. [24] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cabalag et al. [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
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| Total | 6/263 (2.3) | 5/265 (1.9) | 3/263 (1.1) | 0/265 (0) | 2/263 (0.7) | 0/265 (0) | 9/263 (3.4) | 14/265 (5.3) |
LTA: lateral transperitoneal adrenalectomy; PRA: posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.
aopen conversion due to diaphragm injury or excessive operation time, bopen conversion due to intercostal artery bleeding or excessive operation time, copen conversion due to bleeding, dconversion from PRA to LTA due to inadequate establishment of retroperitoneal space, and ecardiac and pulmonary complication.