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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: World J Urol. 2008 Sep 19;26(6):523–530. doi: 10.1007/s00345-008-0319-3

Table 6.

Medical Complications by procedure

Radical nephrectomy Nephrectomy Adrenalectomy Partial Nephrectomy Pyeloplasty Nephro Ureterectomy Renal cyst Diverticulectomy Miscellaneous Total (%)
Hypertension 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Atelectasia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Digestive hemorrhage 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hyperthermia 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
Pulmonary infection 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Para paresis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phlebitis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wound infection 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pyelonephritis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
venous Thrombosis 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Arrhythmias 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 10 (5.9) 6 (5.2) 5 (4.4) 4 (5.7) 2 (3.4) 0 0 1 (11.1) 0 28 (4.7)