Adrenalectomy is a surgery is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. One adrenal gland sits above each of the kidneys. Two adrenal glands produce various hormones that help regulate your immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar, metabolism and other essential functions. Surgeons may perform an adrenalectomy through traditional open surgery or minimally invasive. They may also use cryoablation.

Indications for adrenalectomy are malignant tumors malignancy or suspicion, non-functional tumors with the risk of malignancy and functional adrenal tumors. Regardless of the size of functional tumors, they have surgical indications. The hormone-secreting adrenal tumors in which adrenalectomy is indicated are as follows Cushing’s syndrome that  arises from hypersecretion of glucocorticoids produced in fasciculata adrenal cortex, Conn’s syndrome and which this arises from an hypersecretion of aldosterone produced by and Pheochromocytomas that arise from adrenal and glomerulosa adrenal cortex  medulla and produce catecholamines.