Table 2 Surgical outcomes and complications of the CRO-RAPN and CRO-LPN groups before and after propensity-score matching.

From: Surgical and functional outcomes of robot-assisted versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with cortical renorrhaphy omission

Parameters

Before propensity-score matching

After propensity-score matching

CRO-RAPNc group

CRO-LPNd group

p-value

CRO-RAPN group

CRO-LPN group

p-value

Number of patients

210

81

 

75

75

 

Median total operation time, minutes (IQRa)

169 (144–196)

212 (183–238)

 < 0.001

162 (139–181)

212 (184–237)

 < 0.001

Median warm ischemic time, minutes (IQR)

16 (11–23)

20 (16–28)

 < 0.001

13 (10–21)

20 (16–28)

 < 0.001

Median blood loss, mL (IQR)

40 (15–90)

119 (40–300)

 < 0.001

40 (10–90)

119 (40–300)

0.002

Transfusion, n (%)

2 (1)

3 (4)

0.014

1 (1)

3 (4)

0.31

Underwent inner suture, n (%)

134 (64)

51 (63)

0.50

41 (55)

50 (67)

0.091

Urinary tract entry, n (%)

111 (53)

39 (48)

0.28

31 (41)

38 (51)

0.16

Positive surgical margin, n (%)

7 (3)

6 (7)

0.12

2 (3)

6 (8)

0.14

Hospital stay, days (%)

5 (4–6)

6 (5–7)

0.027

5 (5–6)

6 (5–7)

0.13

3-month postoperative complication, n (%)

Overall (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ II)

7 (3)

12 (15)

 < 0.001

1 (3)

12 (16)

0.001

High-grade (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ III)

4 (2)

3 (4)

0.3

1 (1)

3 (4)

0.31

Bleeding related

4 (2)

7 (9)

0.013

1 (1)

7 (9)

0.032

Urine leakage

2 (1)

0 (0)

0.52

0 (0)

0 (0)

1

Mortality

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.0

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.0

6-month preservation rate of eGFRb

Median, % (IQR)

92 (85–100)

88 (81–95)

0.005

93 (87–100)

89 (81–95)

0.003

 ≥ 90%, n (%)

129 (61)

37 (46)

0.011

50 (67)

36 (48)

0.016

 ≥ 80%, n (%)

185 (88)

68 (84)

0.23

66 (88)

63 (84)

0.16

 ≥ 70%, n (%)

206 (98)

77 (95)

0.15

74 (99)

71 (95)

0.18

Median 6-month decrease of eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 (IQR)

5 (0–10)

7 (4–12)

0.001

5 (0–8)

7 (4–12)

0.002

Upstaging of chronic kidney disease, n (%)

50 (24)

22 (27)

0.33

17 (23)

20 (27)

0.35

Trifecta achievement rate, n (%)

165 (79)

54 (67)

0.027

63 (84)

48 (64)

0.004

  1. ainterquartile range; bestimated glomerular filtration rate; ccortical-renorrhaphy-omitting robot-assisted partial nephrectomy; dcortical-renorrhaphy-omitting laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.