Why the study?
Does unilateral adrenalectomy improve hypertension and hypokalemia in patients with primary hyperaldosteronism secondary to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia?
Population
30 patients with primary hyperaldosteronism secondary to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia, median age 49…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
median 12 (range: 3-96) months
Authors
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May support adrenalectomy for unilateral adrenal hyperplasia; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Does unilateral adrenalectomy improve hypertension and hypokalemia in patients with primary hyperaldosteronism secondary to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia?
Unilateral adrenalectomy is an effective treatment for primary hyperaldosteronism secondary to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia, leading to cure or improvement of hypertension and hypokalemia in the vast majority of patients.
Goh et al. (2006) studied this question.
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