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. 2015 Feb 1;29(2):192–197. doi: 10.1089/end.2014.0449

Table 2.

Predictors of Overall, Major, and Abdominal Complications: Univariate Analysis

  Overall Major Abdominal
  OR 95% CI p-Value OR 95% CI p-Value OR 95% CI p-Value
Age 0.98 0.957–1.01 0.308 1.0 0.95–1.05 1.00 0.94 0.88–1.00 0.068
Prior abdominopelvic surgery only 1.05 0.63–1.76 0.849 1.0 0.38–2.63 1.00 0.95 0.273–3.29 0.935
Prior inguinal surgery only 0.75 0.39–1.43 0.382 0.47 0.11–2.01 0.311 a    
Prior abdominopelvic or inguinal surgery 0.89 0.569–1.41 0.640 0.69 0.28–1.69 0.41 0.52 0.151–1.81 0.307
Robotic (vs. laparoscopic) 0.74 0.454–1.20 0.225 0.89 0.38–2.10 0.80 0.30 0.081–1.55 0.17
EP (vs. TP) 0.75 0.54–1.13 0.182 0.72 0.34–1.49 0.37 0.77 0.3–1.99 0.6
Operative time (hours) 1.56 1.26–1.93 0.000 1.71 1.22–2.41 0.0002 1.9 61.27–2.84 0.002
BMI 1.04 0.994–0.109 0.090 1.05 0.98–1.13 0.19 1.1 0.97–1.16 0.20
PLND 1.25 0.814–1.93 0.306 2.08 0.85–5.11 0.11 1.35 0.49–3.86 0.54
EBL 1.002 1.000–1.003 0.017 1.00 1.0–1.00 0.38 1.00 0.99–1.00 0.395
Prostate weight 1.00 0.99–1.016 0.453 1.01 0.99–1.03 0.24 0.986 0.95–1.01 0.379
Case number 0.99 0.998–0.999 0.010 1.00 1.00–1.00 0.21 0.99 0.998–0.999 0.010
Primary Gleason pattern                  
3 (reference)              
4 0.66 0.35–1.22 0.188 0.39 0.09–1.63 0.197 0.64 0.147–2.81 0.556
5 3.6 0.689–18.0 0.129 5.61 0.65–48.14 0.116 No complications  
a

All abdominal complications occurred in patients without history of prior inguinal surgery.

BMI=body mass index; EP=extraperitoneal; PLND=pelvic lymph node dissection; TP=transperitoneal.