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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients

From: The methods and techniques of identifying renal pedicle vessels during retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical and partial nephrectomy

 

Surgical procedure

 

RLRN (N = 93)

RLPN (N = 199)

Age, years

56.1 ± 11.18*

53.4 ± 12.34

Tumor size, cm

5.5 ± 1.72

3.6 ± 1.52

Gender

 Male, n (%)

66 (71.0)

119 (59.8)

 Female, n (%)

27 (29.0)

80 (40.2)

 BMI, kg/m2

25.3 ± 3.82

25.6 ± 3.91

Laterality

 Right, n (%)

46 (49.5)

95 (47.7)

 Left, n (%)

47 (50.5)

104 (52.3)

 Converted to an open surgery, n

0

0

 Operative time, min

81.9 ± 19.71

88.2 ± 21.28

 Warm ischemia time, min

–

19.3 ± 5.6

 Estimated blood loss, ml

91.7 ± 47.10

62.4 ± 47.45

 Drainage-tube time, days

4.5 ± 1.29

4.6 ± 1.98

 Postoperative hospital stay, days

7.0 ± 2.40

5.9 ± 1.98

 Overall complications, n (%)

12 (12.9)

20 (10.0)

 Vascular injury

0

0

 Hypertension

2

3

 Fever

3

5

 Pain of incision

5

8

 Urinary tract infections

2

4

  1. Abbreviations: RLRN retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy, RLPN retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, BMI body mass index
  2. *The value = mean ± standard deviation