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. 2020 Feb;9(1):142–150. doi: 10.21037/tau.2019.09.05

Table 1. Comparisons of clinicopathologic features by ureteroenteric stricture status.

Variable No UES (N=2,093) UES (N=192) Total (N=2,285) P value
Male gender, no. [%] 1,701 [81] 158 [82] 1,859 [81] 0.73
Age, yr. [median; IQR] 68.0 [61.0–75.0] 69.0 [63.0–75.0] 68.0 [62.0–75.0] 0.21
BMI, median [IQR] 26.9 [24.3–30.0] 28.3 [25.6–31.6] 27.0 [24.4–30.1] 0.0001
ECOG, no. [%] 0.24
   0 1,652 [80] 158 [83] 1,810 [80]
   1 309 [15] 28 [15] 337 [15]
   2+ 112 [5] 5 [3] 117 [5]
Smoking history, no. [%] 1,672 [81] 150 [79] 1,821 [81] 0.43
Preop GFR, median [IQR] 61.3 [48.0-72.6] 60.7 [49.0-71.3] 61.2 [48.1-72.5] 0.80
Type of Diversion, no. [%] 0.08
   Ileal Conduit 1,522 [77] 150 [82] 1,672 [77]
   Neobladder 461 [23] 32 [18] 493 [23]
Operative time, min; median [IQR] 301 [255–355] 330 [262–365] 304 [256–356] 0.011
EBL, cc, median [IQR] 700 [450–1,000] 750 [500–1,100] 700 [450–1,000] 0.09
Perioperative chemotherapy, no. [%] 556 [27] 57 [30] 613 [27] 0.35
Preop BCG treatment, no. [%] 418 [20] 39 [20] 457 [20] 0.91
Pelvic radiation, no. [%] 256 [12] 28 [15] 284 [12] 0.34
Pathologic T-stage, no. [%] 0.12
   <pT2 955 [46] 99 [52] 1,054 [46]
   pT2 361 [17] 36 [19] 397 [18]
   pT3/4 766 [37] 56 [29] 822 [36]
Pathologic N-stage, no. [%] 0.11
   pN0/X 1,738 [84] 168 [88] 1,906 [84]
   pN+ 331 [16] 22 [12] 353 [16]
<30-day urine leak, no. [%] 78 [4] 11 [6] 89 [4] 0.18
<30-day UTI, no. [%; N=896] 61 [7] 11 [15] 72 [8] 0.02
<30-day abdominal abscess, no. [%] 52 [3] 1 [0] 53 [2] 0.08
Max Clavien ≥3, no. [%] 239 [11] 46 [24] 285 [13] <0.0001

IQR, interquartile range; UES, ureteroenteric stricture; BMI, body mass index; BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EBL, estimated blood loss; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; UTI, urinary tract infection.