Table 2.
Select Recent Series Reporting on the Morbidity of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
| Complication (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurovas- | |||||||||||
| No. of | Laparoscopic | Extended (E)/ | Lympho- | LE | Pelvic | Ureteral | cular | ||||
| Authors | Year | Patients | (L)/Open (O) | Limited (L) | cele | Edema | DVT/PE | Abscess | Injury | Injury | Ileus |
| Kavoussi LR et al29 | 1993 | 372 | L | L | 1.3 | 0* | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Campbell SC et al27 | 1995 | 245 | O | L | 1.6 | - | 1.6 | - | - | 0.8 | - |
| Raboy A et al46 | 1997 | 125 | L | L | 2.4 | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Stone NN et al33 | 1997 | 150 | L | L | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0.7 | - |
| Stone NN et al33 | 1997 | 39 | L | E | - | 10 | - | 5.1 | - | 5.1 | - |
| Herrell SD et al47 | 1997 | 38 | O | L | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 |
| Heidenreich A et al15 | 2002 | 103 | O | E | 10.6 | - | 6.3 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.1 | - |
| Heidenreich A et al15 | 2002 | 100 | O | L | 9.0 | - | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | - |
| Bader P et al16 | 2003 | 365 | O | E | 1.9 | - | 2.7 | - | - | - | - |
| Clark T et al28 | 2003 | 123 | O | L/E† | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Allaf ME et al14 | 2004 | 2135 | O | E | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
LE, lower extremity; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolus.
*
In this study, LE edema and lymphocele were reported as one category.
†
75% of complications occurred on side receiving extended pelvic lymph node dissection.