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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2013 Feb;81(2):319–323. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.09.033

Table 3.

List of complications and corrections

Complications Clavien Old Rate
No. (%)
Resolution New Rate
No. (%)
P-Value
Unadjusted* Adjusted
Learning curve
  Nerve palsy 2 4/800 (0.5) Avoid hyperextension of the femoral nerve and careful padding 1/200 (0.5) >.99 .470
  Rectal injury 3a 1/150 (0.7) Meticulous apical/lateral dissection and knowledge of correct surgical planes 0/850 (0) .870 .419
  Pulmonary embolus 4a 5/190 (2.6) Knee-high to thigh-high pneumatic compression and early/persistent ambulation 0/810 (0) .858 .863
Active correction
  Corneal abrasion 1 4/200 (2.0) Foam-based safety goggles 1/800 (0.1) .013 .030
  Fossa strictures 3a 10/165 (6.1) Avoidance ≥20F catheters 1/835 (0.1) <.001 .031
  Camera-site hernias 3b 40/735 (5.4) Transverse midline fascial incision for camera port and prostate extraction 1/265 (0.4) .007 <.001
Passive observation
  BNC 3a/3b 6/592 (1.0) Addition of Rocco stitch to the Van Velthoven single-knot anastomosis 1/408 (0.2) .187 .052

BNC, bladder neck contracture.

*

Unadjusted logistic regression.

Adjusted for age, body mass index, and surgeon learning curve.