Complications of Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy: Analysis and Risk Factors

Table 1

Univariate analysis of clinical-pathological variables in the pre and intraoperative period and the occurrence of postoperative complications.

Variables	Presence of postoperative complications		-value	Total (n = 124)
	Absent (n = 84)	Present (n = 40)
Preoperative clinical-pathological variables
Age (years)	66.2 ± 6.9	65.8 ± 6.7	0.737^T	66.1 ± 6.8
BMI (Kg/m2) (n = 108)	26.5 (24.1; 28.7)	27.1 (24.8; 29.3)	0.423^W	26.6 (24.3; 28.7)
ASA (n = 121)			0.065^Q
1	20 (24.4%)	5 (12.8%)		25 (20.7%)
2	53 (64.6%)	33 (84.6%)		86 (71.1%)
3	9 (11%)	1 (2.6%)		10 (8.3%)
Charlson (n = 122)		0.450^M
≤2	47 (57.3%)	24 (60.0%)		71 (58.2%)
3–4	31 (37.8%)	16 (40.0%)		47 (38.5%)
≥5	4 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)		4 (3.3%)
PSA (ng/mL) (n = 122)	7.2 (4.7; 12.2)	6.2 (4.3; 14.1)	0.961^W	7 (4.5; 12.3)
Prostate weight	41.0 (31.5; 57.0)	44 (33.0; 54.5)	0.775^W	41.5(32.0; 55.0)
Preoperative ISUP (n = 123)		0.326^Q
1–2	28 (33.7%)	10 (25.0%)		38 (30.9%)
3–5	55 (66.3%)	30 (75.0%)		85 (69.1%)
Surgical approach			0.743^Q
Laparoscopic	42 (50%)	18 (45%)		60 (48.4%)
Robot-assisted	42 (50%)	22 (55%)		64 (51.6%)
Intraoperative variables
Operative time (minutes) (n = 121)	149.3 ± 31.5	151 ± 36.8	0.821^T	149.9 ± 33.1
Estimated bleeding (mL) (n = 120)	300 (150; 400)	250 (150; 380)	0.993^W	275 (150; 390)
Intraoperative complications	4 (4.8%)	1 (2.5%)	1.000^F	5 (4%)
Length of hospital stay (hours)	50.1 (37.8; 55.2)	50.5 (37.0; 98.8)	0.318^W	50.1 (34.9; 68.0)

^T t-Student test for independent samples,^W Mann–Whitney test,^Q Chi-Square test,^M adjusted (Monte Carlo) Chi-square,^F Fisher exact test. Continuous data expressed in mean ± standard deviation for data with normal distribution and median (P25; P75) for data without normal distribution. n is less than the total number of patients due to missing data.