International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

A Single Surgeon’s Experience with Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Partial Nephrectomy

Table 2

Operative variables.
Operative variableOPN ( = 23)LPN ( = 48)RPN ( = 35) value*
Mean operative time ± SD (min)163 ± 35227 ± 53244 ± 53<0.0001
Mean EBL ± SD (mL)367 ± 286163 ± 179191 ± 173<0.0001
Intraoperative complications2040.38
Pathology, malignant/benign21/236/1230/50.21
Margin status (positive/negative)0/233/452/330.44
OPN: open partial nephrectomy; LPN: laparoscopic partial nephrectomy; RPN: robotic partial nephrectomy; EBL: estimated blood loss.
*Statistical significance to <0.05.
1Cold ischemic time for OPN and warm ischemic time for LPN and RPN.