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Operative and postoperative data |
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| Laparoscopic |
Open |
P- |
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| surgery |
surgery |
value |
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| N = 7 |
N = 9 |
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| Tumor size (histology), (cm) |
6 (3–11) |
6 (2,7–8) |
ns |
| Operative time (min) |
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| 1. Adrenalectomy (all procedures) |
110 (90–165) |
125 (105–195) |
ns |
| Left side |
125 (90–165) |
125 (110–135) |
ns |
| Right side |
90 |
155 (105–195) |
ns |
| 2. Paraganglioma |
235 |
210 |
- |
| Converted procedures |
0 |
- |
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| Blood loss (ml) |
200 (50–400) |
300 (100–400) |
ns |
| Patients requiring blood transfusions |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Peroperative complications |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Postoperative hospital stay |
3 (2–4) |
6 (5–15) |
0.001 |
| Postoperative complications |
0 |
3* |
ns |
| Patients requiring opoids |
1 |
9 |
0.001 |
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* 1 – pneumonia; 1 – bowel paralysis; – pain, damage to the ileoinguinal nerve Values expressed as median (range) ns – not significant. | |||
Edwin et al. BMC Surgery 2001 1:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2482-1-2 |
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