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SG patients met the criterion of inclusion: coexistingcardiovascular, respiratory, or other chronic diseases. The inclusion criteria for CG were the absence of other chronic systemiccomorbidities, age &lt; 65 years. The 6MWT distance and Borg scale ratings (performed the day prior to and on the secondday after surgery) were analyzed according to the age, sex, comorbidities, adrenal and tumor size, hormonal type of adrenaldisease, type of surgery, and occurrence of postoperative complications.&lt;b&gt;Results:&lt;\/b&gt; Patients from SG covered significantly shorter distances (487.76 46.72 m in SG and 539.82 17.59 m in CG; p&lt;0.001) anddemonstrated a higher level of exertion (p&lt;0.001) before adrenalectomy and more often discontinued 6MWT after surgeries(p = 0.001) compared to CG. The authors confirmed a significant negative correlation between the age of the patients and sixminute walk distance (6MWD) before the operation in the study (rs = \u20130.40, p = 0.004) and control (rs = \u20130.74, p&lt;0.001) groups.A significant decrease in the postoperative 6MWT distance (SG: to 231.35 4192 m, CG: to 236.82 54.10 m) and increasedintensity of dyspnea and fatigue according to the Borg scale were confirmed. SG patients were significantly more likely todevelop postoperative complications (p = 0.002).&lt;b&gt;Conclusions:&lt;\/b&gt; 6MWT is a useful tool to demonstrate physical capacity in patients before and after adrenalectomy. 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