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Table 4 Grade III–IV complications of pc-RPLND according to Clavien-Dindo classification in relation to clinical factors

From: Major complications of post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in a contemporary cohort of patients with testicular cancer and a review of the literature

Clinical factor evaluated

Eligible total (n)

Categories

(eligible in category, n)

Patients with complications (n), (%)

p valueb

Age

143

≤ 30 years (n = 76)

10 (13.2%)

0.59

  

> 30 years (n = 67)

11 (16.4%

BMI

131

≤ 29 kg/m2 (n = 103)

12 (11.7%)

0.18

  

≥ 30 kg/m2 (n = 28)

6 (21.4%)

Laterality of primary

137

Right-sided (n = 68)

6 (8.8%)

0.06

  

Left-sided (n = 69)

14 (20.3%)

Duration of surgery

67

≤ 269 min (n = 34)

(0%)

0.001

  

≥ 270 min (n = 33)

9 (27.3%)

Cisplatin dosage

93

< 500 mg (n = 18)

2 (11.1%)

0.83

  

500–700 mg (n = 45)

4 (8.9%)

  

> 700mg (n = 30)

4 (13.3%)

Number of resection fields a

139

≤ 5 (n = 82)

10 (12.2%)

0.54

  

> 5 (n = 57)

9 (15.8%)

Teratoma in primary

92

Yes (n = 18)

2 (11.1%)

0.83

  

No (n = 74)

7 (9.5%)

Histology of resected specimen

145

Necrosis/fibrosis (n = 64)

7 (10.9%

0.02

  

Teratoma (n = 65)

8 (12.3%)

  

Viable cancer (n = 16)

6 (37.5%)

  1. aResection fields according to Weissbach field classification [26]
  2. bChi-squared test