Selective vs non-selective alpha-blockade prior to adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Karolina ZawadzkaKrzysztof WięckowskiPiotr MałczakMichał WysockiPiotr MajorMichał PędziwiatrMagdalena Pisarska-Adamczyk

Published in: European journal of endocrinology (2021)

This meta-analysis shows non-selective alpha-blockade was more effective in preventing intraoperative blood pressure fluctuations while maintaining comparable risk of both intraoperative and postoperative hypotension and overall morbidity.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
systematic review
patients undergoing
randomized controlled trial
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
case control
weight loss