Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients undergoing pure retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy with delayed occlusion of the proximal inferior vena cava (DOPI) technique
| Variables | Value |
|---|---|
| Patients, n | 17 |
| Age, yr, mean ± SD (range) | 52.2 ± 26.9 (18–79) |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD (range) | 22.8 ± 4.4 (15.2–32.4) |
| Sex, n | |
| Male | 9 |
| Female | 8 |
| Side, n | |
| Right | 17 |
| Clinical symptoms, n (%) | |
| No clinical symptoms | 3 |
| Local symptoms | 8 |
| Systemic symptoms | 1 |
| Both | 5 |
| ASA score, n (%) | |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 15 |
| Tumor diameter, cm, mean ± SD (range) | 8.1 ± 3.4 (3.5–11) |
| Lymph node involvement, n | 7 |
| Distant metastasis, n | 3 |
| Mayo classification, n | |
| II | 13 |
| III | 4 |
SD standard deviation; BMI body mass index; ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists