Table 3. The trend of change for the perioperative outcomes from 2009 to 2014.
| RARP | ORP | ARC (95% CI) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC (95% CI) | p value | APC (95% CI) | p value | ||||
| Pre-propensity score-matched | |||||||
| Homologous blood transfusion | -13.07 (-17.43, -8.49) | 0.0016 | -7.06 (-13.26, -0.42) | 0.0421 | 0.94 (0.89, 0.98) | 0.0224 | |
| Intraoperative complication | -10.08 (-13.64, -6.37) | 0.0019 | -10.15 (-20.00, 0.91) | 0.0627 | 1.01 (0.91, 1.14) | 0.7461 | |
| Postoperative complication | |||||||
| Overall | -1.20 (-5.16, 2.92) | 0.4580 | -1.94 (-6.82.3.21) | 0.3482 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.03) | 0.6953 | |
| Cardiac | 2.02 (-4.37, 8.84) | 0.4391 | 2.75 (-8.92, 15.92) | 0.5659 | 0.99 (0.81, 1.20) | 0.8482 | |
| Respiratory | -3.86 (-9.05, 1.63) | 0.1204 | -3.84 (-12.01, 5.09) | 0.2878 | 1.00 (0.91, 1.09) | 0.9657 | |
| Genitourinary | -4.08 (-16.37, 10.02) | 0.4468 | -2.61 (-14.89, 11.45) | 0.6154 | 1.01 (0.88, 1.16) | 0.8780 | |
| Wound | -8.76 (-18.46, 2.10) | 0.0864 | -0.59 (-14.54, 15.65) | 0.9193 | 0.90 (0.77, 1.06) | 0.1571 | |
| Vascular | 5.13 (-5.24, 16.63) | 0.2522 | 5.07 (-6.82, 18.48) | 0.3164 | 1.00 (0.83, 1.20) | 0.9706 | |
| Miscellaneous medical | 1.88 (-3.28, 7.31) | 0.3767 | 0.12 (-5.93, 6.57) | 0.9590 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.03) | 0.7788 | |
| Miscellaneous surgical | -11.57 (-12.94, -10.17) | <0.0001 | -3.90 (-11.95, 4.88) | 0.2747 | 0.92 (0.85, 1.00) | 0.0525 | |
| Length of stay >2d | -2.19 (-4.21, -0.13) | 0.0422 | -3.91 (-9.45, 1.98) | 0.1362 | 1.03 (0.99,1.07) | 0.1136 | |
| Post-propensity score-matched | |||||||
| Homologous blood transfusion | -9.81 (-14.54, -4.81) | 0.0060 | -6.80 (-12.70, -0.50) | 0.0404 | 0.97 (0.86, 1.10) | 0.5673 | |
| Intraoperative complication | -12.84 (-21.44, -3.29) | 0.0214 | -9.97 (-20.23, 1.60) | 0.0734 | 0.97 (0.85, 1.11) | 0.5499 | |
| Postoperative complication | |||||||
| Overall | -2.52 (-8.24, 3.55) | 0.3062 | -1.85 (-7.11,3.71) | 0.4002 | 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) | 0.5198 | |
| Cardiac | -0.42 (-5.77, 5.23) | 0.8422 | 3.28 (-8.66, 16.77) | 0.5066 | 0.96 (0.82, 1.14) | 0.5783 | |
| Respiratory | -5.33 (-11.34, 1.07) | 0.0808 | -3.44 (-11.55, 5.40) | 0.3292 | 0.98 (0.90,1.06) | 0.4981 | |
| Genitourinary | -3.95 (-25.16, 23.28) | 0.6772 | -3.54 (-15.68, 10.34) | 0.4981 | 1.00 (0.81, 1.23) | 0.9671 | |
| Wound | -8.56 (-18.25, 2.27) | 0.0907 | -0.65 (-14.74, 15.77) | 0.9121 | 0.92 (0.79, 1.06) | 0.1819 | |
| Vascular | 0.87 (-10.42, 13.58) | 0.8500 | 4.35 (-8.51, 19.01) | 0.4194 | 0.97 (0.93, 1.01) | 0.0866 | |
| Miscellaneous medical | 1.37 (-5.28, 8.48) | 0.6076 | 0.28 (-6.49, 7.54) | 0.9177 | 1.01 (0.97, 1.05) | 0.4743 | |
| Miscellaneous surgical | -14.09 (-18.66, -9.26) | 0.0015 | -3.86 (-12.04, 5.08) | 0.2861 | 0.89 (0.78, 1.02) | 0.0775 | |
| Length of stay >2d | -2.19 (-6.04, 1.81) | 0.1999 | -3.50 (-9.28, 2.65) | 0.1850 | 1.03 (0.93, 1.14) | 0.4681 | |
RARP=Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy; ORP=Open Radical Prostatectomy; APC=Annual Percent Change; ARC=Annual Ratio Change; CI=Confidence interval