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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Oncol. 2019 Mar 20;37(6):356.e1–356.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2019.02.015

Table 3.

Post-Operative Complications

Operation sPN n=42 mPN n=77 Total n=119 p value
n=42 n=77 n=119
Total (%) 24 (57.1) 54 (70.1) 78 (65.5) p=0.2
Major Complications (%) 13 (31.0) 27 (35.1) 40 (33.6) p=0.3
Urologic Complications (%) 20 (47.6) 45 (58.4) 65 (54.6) p=0.3
Median Number of Urologic Complications (IQR) 0 (1) 1 (2) 1 (1) p=0.07

Breakdown of Urologic Complications Adrenal insufficiency 0 1 1
AKI 1 5 6
Bleeding 5 16 21
Delayed bowel injury 0 2 2
Fluid overload 4 11 15
Pneumothorax 1 1 2
Renal artery thrombosis 0 1 1
Rhabdomyolysis 0 1 1
Ureteral obstruction 1 2 3
Urinary leak 10 25 35
Urinary retention 2 4 6
UTI/Pyelonephritis 0 7 7
Would dehiscence 0 1 1
Wound infection 0 1 1

Major Complications- Clavien Grade III and IV; There were no Class V complications. In patients with multiple complications, only the highest Clavien Grade complication was tallied for total and major complication rates. Urologic complications were tallied on a per procedure basis for complication rate and individually for median number of urologic complications.