[Laparoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy as a minimally invasive option for the treatment of adrenal tumors].

Objectives: The excision of the adrenal gland by laparoscopic approach is the gold standard for the treatment of adrenal tumors smaller than 6 cm. Most Brazilian centres favour the transperitoneal approach. The objective of the present prospective study was to show the intraoperative and postoperative results of patients undergoing adrenal laparoscopic surgery through a lateral retroperitoneal approach performed by an individual surgeon.

[6-year experience with extra peritoneal lumbar laparoscopic surgery: indications, complications, and results in a reference Southamerican center].

Objectives: To report the experience in lumbar extraperitoneal laparoscopy surgery obtained while perfectioning the technique over a six-year period.

Methods: We perform a prospective study with 168 cases of extra peritoneal laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of various kidney-ureter and adrenal diseases between 1999 and 2004. Operations were classified by organ and complexity (ablative or reconstructive).