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Adrenalectomy (Latin root Ad "near/at" + renal "related to the kidneys" + Greek ‑ectomy “out-cutting”; sometimes written as ADX for the procedure or resulting state) [1] [2] is the surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
Endocrine surgery is a surgical sub-speciality focusing on surgery of the endocrine glands, including the thyroid gland, the parathyroid glands, the adrenal glands, glands of the endocrine pancreas, and some neuroendocrine glands.
Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. Aneurysmectomy is the resection or removal of an aneurysm. [1] Apicoectomy is the surgical removal of tooth's root tip. Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix; it is also known as an appendicectomy. Arthrectomy is the removal of a joint of the body.
The positive aspect of undergoing adrenal surgery is that it is still currently the fastest solution to adrenalism that can permanently cure the disease. The disadvantage side of removing the adrenal gland is that patients would need to undergo cortisol replacement medication for months, if not life-long, to restore the body's normal hormone ...
The complaint alleges that Shaknovsky was negligent in the August death of Bryan, of Alabama; his treatment of a patient who had part of his pancreas removed instead of his adrenal gland in May ...
Holmes was familiar with a similar case that had been treated by surgical removal of an adrenocortical adenoma (a tumour of the adrenal cortex), and he asked Broster to operate on the new patient. Removal of the larger adrenal gland (an adrenalectomy) revealed the cause of its enlargement was not a tumour but hyperplasia.
The order also included a surgery from May 2023 where Shaknovsky removed a portion of a patient’s pancreas instead of the left adrenal gland resulting in “long-term, permanent harm.”
Adrenal repair included closing the adrenal capsule with running non-absorbable suture, and placing interrupted mattress sutures when needed. [1] Adrenalectomy could be either unilateral or bilateral, the surgical removal of namely one or both adrenal glands.