Laparoscopic adrenal gland surgery

The adrenal glands, located above each kidney, produce hormones essential to the body's balance. Certain adrenal tumors — most often benign — can secrete excess hormones or reach a size that justifies their removal: this is adrenalectomy. The laparoscopic approach is today the reference technique for this surgery: through small incisions, the surgeon removes the gland with great precision, under the guidance of a high-definition camera. This minimally invasive approach offers a considerably more comfortable postoperative course than open surgery: less pain, a short hospital stay and rapid recovery. Preparation for the procedure is essential, particularly for hormone-secreting tumors: it is carried out in close collaboration with the endocrinologist and the anesthesia team in order to balance hormone secretion before the surgical procedure. At Clinique Pasteur Tunis, laparoscopic adrenalectomy is performed by surgeons highly experienced in advanced laparoscopy, with a dedicated laparoscopy unit and appropriate postoperative monitoring, in liaison with the endocrinologists.