Table 1 Patients’ characteristics.

From: The preliminary experience of methylene blue assisted laparoscopy in the treatment of renal parapelvic cysts

Number

Sex

Age (years)

Preoperative Cyst size (cm)

Bosniak classification

Diseases treated in the same surgery

Surgical time (min)

Blood loss (ml)

Hospital stay following surgery (day)

Cyst size at 3 months after the surgery (cm)

1

Male

41

6.0

I

30

3

2

0

2

Male

48

6.3

I

simple renal cyst

41

5

3

0.5

3

Male

68

7.3

I

29

4

2

0

4

Male

55

7.2

I

Renal cell carcinoma

105

40

7

0

5

Male

55

10.5

II

25

3

2

1

6

Male

64

6.5

I

Simple renal cysts

45

6

3

0

7

Male

62

5.2

I

33

6

2

1

8

Male

52

7.3

I

35

7

2

0

9

Male

74

6.5

II

42

8

3

1

10

Female

62

7.2

I

40

8

2

0

11

Female

72

7.0

I

Simple renal cysts

47

7

3

1.5

12

Female

66

5.8

I

29

5

2

0

13

Female

68

5.0

I

35

5

2

0.5

14

Female

70

4.8

I

Simple renal cysts

46

10

3

1

15

Female

54

6.3

II

38

10

2

0

16

Female

48

7.4

I

32

6

2

0