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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of 615 patients treated with open (n=481) or robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (n=134) for renal cell carcinoma at a tertiary care center from 01/2003 to 01/2021; All values are medians (IQR) or frequencies (%)

From: Comparison of peri- and intraoperative outcomes of open vs robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a propensity-matched analysis

 

N

Overall, N  = 615

OPN, N  = 481 (78%)

RAPN, N  = 134 (22%)

P value

Age [years]

Median (IQR)

615

63 (55, 71)

64 (55, 72)

62 (52, 70)

0.025

Body mass index [m2/kg]

n (%)

565

27.4 (24.4–30.8)

27.4 (24.6–30.8)

27.1 (23.7–31.1)

0.4

Male sex

n (%)

615

440 (72%)

339 (70%)

101 (75%)

 

Charlson Comorbidity Indexa

n (%)

614

   

0.13

 0

 

330 (54%)

249 (52%)

81 (61%)

 

 1

 

122 (20%)

97 (20%)

25 (19%)

 

  ≥ 2

 

162 (26%)

135 (28%)

27 (20%)

 

Tumor diameter [mm]

Median (IQR)

612

33 (24, 45)

35 (25, 49)

28 (21, 37)

 < 0.001

RENAL-score sum

Median (IQR)

432

8 (7, 9)

8 (7, 9)

7 (6, 9)

 < 0.001

RENAL-score grouped

n (%)

407

   

 < 0.001

 Low

 

83 (20%)

46 (15%)

37 (37%)

 

 Moderate

 

238 (58%)

184 (60%)

54 (54%)

 

 High

 

86 (21%)

77 (25%)

9 (9.0%)

 

Previous abdominal surgery

n (%)

615

259 (42%)

188 (39%)

71 (53%)

0.004

Laterality

n (%)

615

   

0.2

 Right

 

333 (54%)

253 (53%)

80 (60%)

 

 Left

 

282 (46%)

228 (47%)

54 (40%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range, OPN Open partial nephrectomy, RAPN Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy
  2. aModified CCI: age as co-variable excluded