Meta-analysis of α-blockade versus no blockade before adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma.

Simon SchimmackJ KaiserPascal ProbstE KalkumM K DienerOliver Strobel

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2020)

This meta-analysis has shown a lack of evidence for preoperative α-blockade in surgery for phaeochromocytoma. RCTs are needed to evaluate whether preoperative α-blockade can be abandoned.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
case control
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease