Table II.

Comparison of our data with other series of retroperitoneoscopic necrosectomies

Study	N	Delay to necrosec-tomy, days (median)	Pre-op infected necrosis	Technique	Procedures per patient, n	Laparotomy required, n	Postoperative stay [days]	Mortality
Gambiez et al. 1998 [17]	20	18	13	Lumbotomy and medianoscopy	5 ±4 (mean)	2	62	2
Chang et al. 2006 [14]	19	35	13	Left flank incision and blunt dissection	N/A	1	23.2	3
Besselink et al. 2006 [3]	18	48	7	Left-sided lumbotomy and VARD	2 (1-11)	N/A	100	2
Mui et al. 2005 [18]	9	N/A	9	Seldinger and nephroscopy	3 (2-8)	2	84	1
Connor et al. 2005 [19]	47	28	38	N/A	3 (1-9)	12	64	9
Castellanos et al.2005 [11]	11	13	11	Left translumbar and flexible nephroscopy	5 (3-10)	0	98	3
Risse et al. 2004 [20]	6	48	6	Seldinger and nephroscopy	2 (1-4)	0	26	0
Carter et al. 2004 [21]	10	24	10	Nephrostomy, nephroscopy and sinus tract endoscopy	3 (1-6)	1	42	2
Our data	13	26	13	Retroperitoneal necrosectomy	3 (1-9)	2	51	0