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Table 4 Reasons for conversion

From: Laparoscopic transperitoneal lateral adrenalectomy for malignant and potentially malignant adrenal tumours

Final diagnosis

Size (mm)

Reason of conversion

Pheochromocytoma

50

Infiltration to the back wall of the abdominal cavity

ACC

160

Suspicion of tumour capsule injury

Metastasis (renal cell cancer)

88

Adhesions after a previous surgery

ACC

120

Impossibility of safe laparoscopic dissection

Pheochromocytoma

120

uncontrolled bleeding