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Table 2 Surgical outcomes and in-hospital complications

From: Bladder perforation during transurethral resection of bladder tumour is not a result of a deficient structure of the bladder wall

 

Group 1 (perforation)

Group 2 (no perforation)

p value (group 1 vs. group 2)

Median TUR operative time (minutes)

35

20

0.13 *

Mean length of postoperative hospital stay (days)

1.5

1.2

0.34 *

Complications

Urinary retention

0%

7.7% (n = 1)

0.35 **

Postoperative bleeding requiring blood transfusion and re-intervention

9.1% (n = 1)

0%

0.27 **

Laparotomy for bladder perforation

18.2% (n = 2)

0%

0.11 **

Clavien-Dindo grades III–IV

27.2% (n = 3)

0%

0.04 **

Clavien-Dindo grade V

0%

0%

1.00 **

  1. *Unpaired t test
  2. **Pearson’s chi-square test