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Planned port sites for bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy
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F1
The plan was to place a total of five ports for both right and left adrenalectomy [Figure 1].
Position for right laparoscopic adrenalectomy
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F2
The patient was then placed on his left flank after the abdomen was prepped [Figure 2].
Trocar sites for right laparoscopic adrenalectomy
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F3
Three ports placed in the upper mid-line and the 4th at the left mid-clavicle line at the level of the umbilicus [Figure 3].
Position and port sites for left laparoscopic adrenalectomy
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F4
We did not add any port as planned and we managed to perform the laparoscopic left adrenalectomy through the three ports at the upper mid-line [Figure 4].