Table 2 Perioperative parameters and complications of Patients with ESRD and UTUC receiving RNU.

From: No difference in oncological outcomes and perioperative complications between patients with ESRD with unilateral and bilateral UTUC receiving radical nephroureterectomy

 

Unilateral RNU (N = 461)

Sequential unilateral RNU (N = 99)

Bilateral RNU (N = 64)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Type of RNU

Open

131

32.7

41

42.3

21

33.3

0.518

Laparoscopic hand-assisted

93

23.2

20

20.6

12

19.0

 

Robot-assisted

27

6.7

6

6.2

7

11.1

 

Pure laparoscopic

150

37.4

30

30.9

23

36.5

 

Approach of RNU

Transperitoneal

179

48.4

49

52.1

40

66.7

0.031*

Retroperitoneal

191

51.6

45

47.9

20

33.3

 

Type of BCR

Not perform BCR

40

10.3

7

7.4

2

3.3

0.036*

Open incision

245

63.1

69

72.6

44

72.1

 

Transurethral incision

44

11.3

9

9.5

0

0.0

 

Laparoscopic

40

10.3

7

7.4

10

16.4

 

Robot-assisted

19

4.9

3

3.2

5

8.2

 

Surgical margin status

free

393

95.6

96

97.0

58

92.1

0.329

positive

18

4.4

3

3.0

5

7.9

 

Clavien–Dindo classification

No

223

56.7

45

46.9

28

45.9

0.261

Grade I

42

10.7

14

14.6

9

14.8

 

Grade II

90

22.9

28

29.2

18

29.5

 

Grade III

16

4.1

7

7.3

4

6.6

 

Grade IV

7

1.8

2

2.1

0

0.0

 

Grade V

15

3.8

0

0.0

2

3.3

 

Post-operative ileus

No

377

95.7

89

92.7

52

89.7

0.117

Yes

17

4.3

7

7.3

6

10.3

 

Ventral hernia

No

389

98.7

95

99.0

55

94.8

0.081

Yes

5

1.3

1

1.0

3

5.2

 

Median post-operative hospital stays in days (range)

8

(7–11)

9

(7.5–13)

9

(7–13)

0.134

  1. BCR bladder cuff resection, ESRD end stage renal disease, RNU radical nephroureterectomy, UTUC upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
  2. *p < 0.05.
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