Table 1. Comparison of perioperative outcomes between RA and LA for patients with adrenalectomies for pheochromocytoma.
| Variable | Operative time | EBL (mL) | Conversion | Complication | Hospital stay | Greatest intraoperative BP (mean) | Lowest intraoperative BP (mean) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA | RA | LA | RA | LA | RA | LA | RA | LA | RA | LA | RA | LA | RA | |||||||
| Aliyev 2013 | 178 | 149 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1,7 | 1,2 | 132 | 127 | 77 | 75 | ||||||
| Gupa 2014 | 176 | 161 | 176 | 92 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Asher 2011 | 163 | NA | 161 | NA | 1 | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
RA, robotic adrenalectomy; LA, laparoscopic adrenalectomy; EBL, estimated blood loss; NA, non available data.