Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Is It Worth Still Performing the Retroperitoneal Route?

Table 1

Baseline patients’ features and tumor characteristics.

	TLPN	RLPN	P
No. pts	66	87
Mean age ± SD (years)	58 ± 13	59 ±11	0.80
Sex gender (%)
Male	57	67	0.15
Female	43	33
Mean ASA score ± SD	1.67 ± 0.62	1.55 ± 0.64	0.74
Mean preoperative serum creatinine ± SD (μmol/L)	99 ± 31	93 ± 32	0.27
Mean BMI ± SD (kg/m^2)	24.99 ± 4.26	24.87 ± 3.92	0.75
Mean tumor size ± SD (cm)	2.64 ± 1.07	2.71 ± 1.25	0.67
Tumor location (%)
Anterior	60	28	<0.001
Posterior	10	49	<0.001
Lateral	8	23	0.15
Tumor pole (%)
Upper	38	22	0.18
Mid	24	37	0.38
Lower	38	41	0.72
Exophytic tumor mass (%)
>50%	10	14	0.39
Between 25% and 50 %	53	81	0.37
Endophytic	37	5	0.07
Median nephrometry score	7.15	6.09	0.03