Table 4.
Grade I | (i) Atelectasis in 3 patients†,‡
(ii) Pneumothorax, resolved without drain† (iii) Gluteal compartment syndrome§ |
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Grade II | (i) Pneumonia (ii) Blood transfusion in 2 patients‡,|| (iii) DVT/PE |
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Grade IIIa | Haematuria requiring angiogram: negative study, haematuria spontaneously resolved |
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Grade IIIb | (i) Laparoscopy for investigation of acute abdomen, no abnormalities found, likely reperfusion injury (ii) Conversion to open nephrectomy for significant venous bleeding|| |
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Grade IV | None |
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Grade V | None |
†One patient had both atelectasis and pneumothorax.
‡One patient had both blood transfusion and atelectasis.
§Conservative management only. Fasciotomy not required.
||The patient who underwent conversion to open nephrectomy also received blood transfusion.