Table 2.
Comparison of complications between open and video endoscopic inguinal lymph adenectomy
| Author, year | Comparison | Wound infection (%) | Lymphocele (%) | Lymphedema (%) | Skin necrosis (%) | ||||
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| Open | MIS | Open | MIS | Open | MIS | Open | MIS | ||
| Tobias-Machado 2017[28] | Open versus VEIL | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Yu et al., 2019[23] | Open versus R VEIL | 45 | 0 | 20 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Singh et al., 2018[18] | Open versus R VEIL | 20 | 9.80 | 55 | 49 | 38 | 23.50 | 36 | 11.80 |
| Thyavihally et al., 2021[16] | Open versus R VEIL | 42.30 | 7.90 | 23.73 | 20.45 | 13.56 | 11.36 | 23.73 | 0.00 |
| Yadav et al., 2018[29] | Open versus VEIL | 13.70 | 0 | 24.10 | 10.30 | 13.70 | 10.30 | 27.58 | 6.89 |
| Kumar and Sethia 2017[36] | Open versus VEIL | 68 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 37 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
N/A=Not available, VEIL=Video endoscopic inguinal lymph adenectomy, R VEIL=Robotic assisted VEIL, MIS=Minimally Invasive Surgery