INTRODUCTION
Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) is a neuroendocrine tumour with a prevalence
ranging from 0.1-0.6% in patients with hypertension (1). Paroxysmal
hypertension caused by excessive secretion of catecholamines could
endanger patients’ lives; thus, surgical resection is considered the
gold standard treatment for PHEO (1-3). In recent years, it was reported
that laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) for PHEO is a feasible, safe and
superior treatment option (4-6). However, due to the release of
catecholamines during operation, surgery for PHEO is still considered as
challenging (4,5).
Nowadays, with the increase in life expectancy and advancements in
imaging technology, there has been an increase in the diagnosis of PHEO
in elderly patients who undergo routine check-ups (7). However, elderly
patients are physically more delicate than youngers, and the outcomes of
laparoscopic surgery may be considered going to be worse than younger
due to hemodynamic instability during operation (8). In this study, we
aimed to compare the LA outcomes in elderly and young PHEO patients.