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. 2020 Jun 14;7(3):291–300. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2020.06.002

Table 2.

Perioperative outcomes.

Minimally invasive RC
Open RC
p-Value
n=1 243 n=855
PLND, n (%)
 Standard PLND 1 159 (93.2) 811 (94.9) 0.130
 Extended PLND 84 (6.8) 44 (5.2)
Urinary diversion, n (%) <0.001
 Ileal conduit 461 (37.1) 339 (39.7)
 Neobladder 571 (45.9) 202 (23.6)
 Ureterocutaneostomy 208 (16.7) 311 (36.4)
 Other 3 (0.2) 3 (0.4)
Open conversion, n (%) 27 (2.2) / /
Operative time, min 360.6±120.3 288.6±90.3 <0.001
Hospital stays, day 28.0±9.9 25.0±10.0 <0.001
Positive surgical margin, n (%) 61 (4.9) 43 (5.0) 0.900
Adjuvant chemotherapy, n (%) 251 (20.2) 192 (22.5) 0.212
Lymph nodes yield 16.2±7.9 13.2±5.0 <0.001
Estimate blood loss, mL 402.7±517.8 623.1±692.9 <0.001
90-day postoperative mortality, n (%) 34 (2.7%) 24 (2.8%) 0.922

PLND, pelvic lymph node dissection; RC, radical cystectomy.

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