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. 2024 Mar 28;16(7):1329. doi: 10.3390/cancers16071329

Table 2.

Intraoperative and postoperative characteristics of 212 patients with pT4a bladder cancer treated with open (102 patients) vs. robot-assisted (110 patients) radical cystectomy.

Variables Group A
ORC
(n = 102)		 Group B
RARC
(n = 110)		 p
Operative time, min Mean (SD) 232.8 (65.8) 189.2 (42.4) 0.04
EBL, mL Mean (SD) 832.8 (599.2) 523.7 (312.3) 0.04
Urinary diversion

  • Ureterocutaneostomy

  • Ureteroileocutaneostomy

 n (%)
82 (80.4)
20 (19.6)
86 (78.2)
24 (21.8)
0.11
0.13
Intraoperative transfusions n (%) 32 (31.4) 11 (10.0) 0.03
Intraoperative complications n (%) 12 (11.8) 8 (7.3) 0.11
Type of intraoperative complication

  • Vascular lesion

  • Rectal Injury

  • Bowel perforation

 n (%)
4 (3.9)
4 (3.9)
4 (3.9)
2 (1.8)
4 (3.6)
2 (1.8)
0.09
0.23
0.09
Preoperative Cr, mg/dL Mean (SD) 1.8 (1.3) 1.9 (1.4) 0.12
Preoperative Hb, g/dL Mean (SD) 11.2 (2.5) 11.1 (1.9) 0.08
Discharge Cr, mg/dL Mean (SD) 1.6 (1.1) 1.4 (0.9) 0.08
Discharge Hb, g/dL Mean (SD) 9.4 (1.8) 9.3 (1.6) 0.12
Postoperative transfusions n (%) 36 (35.3) 13 (11.8) 0.03
Postoperative complications n (%) 37 (36.3) 29 (26.4) 0.05
Type of postoperative complication

  • Fever

  • Anemization

  • Hydronephrosis

  • Acute limb ischemia

  • Bowel occlusion

 n (%)
25 (24.5)
36 (35.3)
12 (11.8)
0 (0)
8 (7.8)
12 (10.9)
13 (11.8)
7 (6.4)
1 (0.9)
0 (0)
0.03
0.02
0.06
0.04
0.01
Length of stay, days Mean (SD) 12.6 (8.5) 7.2 (4.4) 0.02

ORC = open radical cystectomy, RARC = robot-assisted radical cystectomy, SD = standard deviation, EBL = estimated blood loss, Cr = creatinine, Hb = hemoglobin.