ABSTRACT
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy was initially performed, in 1991, for a case of adrenal hematoma (1). Gagner et al. first reported the procedure for neoplasia in October 1992 (2); however, Go et al. had begun a series of laparoscopic adrenalectomies in patients with primary aldosteronism in January 1992 (3), followed by Suzuki et al., who had also commenced a series in February the same year (4).
