Evaluation of the effect of tumour size on outcomes for patients undergoing adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma: international multicentre analysis

Patients undergoing adrenalectomy for PCCs ≥ 6 cm have a higher risk of severe complications than patients with smaller tumours. Despite this increased risk in patients with large (≥ 6 cm) tumours, minimally invasive surgery was independently associated with a reduced likelihood of complications. This study supports a minimally invasive approach in patients with large PCCs.

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BJS Open
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2025-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf133
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Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
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Patients undergoing adrenalectomy for PCCs ≥ 6 cm have a higher risk of severe complications than patients with smaller tumours. Despite this increased risk in patients with large (≥ 6 cm) tumours, minimally invasive surgery was independently associated with a reduced likelihood of complications. This study supports a minimally invasive approach in patients with large PCCs.

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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT), Kagoshima University (JP), Western University (CA), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LT), The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU), St Thomas' Hospital (GB), University of Padua (IT), University of Alberta (CA), King's College - North Carolina (US), Khon Kaen University (TH), King's College London (GB), Jilin University (CN), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR), Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (GB), Royal North Shore Hospital (AU), Hospital Universitario La Paz (ES), Renji Hospital (CN), Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (GB), University Hospital of Wales (GB), London Health Sciences Centre (CA), AHEPA University Hospital (GR), Telio (Norway) (NO), Churchill Hospital (GB), Hammersmith Hospital (GB), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (SG), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB), King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA), Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT), Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (GB), Christchurch Hospital (NZ), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES), Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES), University of Oxford (GB), University of Ulsan (KR), Ege University (TR), BioCruces Health research Institute (ES), Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena (ES), Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (MX), Complejo Hospitalario de Salamanca (ES), Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital (BE), Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias (ES), Salford Royal Hospital (GB), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES), First Hospital of Jilin University (CN), Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR), Hospital Universitario de La Princesa (ES), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (ES), Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona (ES), Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL), Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT), Institut Català de la Salut (ES), King's College Hospital (GB), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (ES), Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (ES), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (IT), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ES), Geneva College (US), Universitat de Barcelona (ES), Gdańsk Medical University (PL), University of Amsterdam (NL)
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