Open Partial Nephrectomy in the Management of Small Renal Masses

Table 5

Comparison of selected published series related with LPN. Min: Minutes.

Authors	Crepel et al.	Häcker et al.	Haber et al.
Reference	[31]	[32]	[33]
Center	Mutlicenter study	Elisabethinen hospital	Cleveland clinic
	France	Austria	Ohio, USA
Year	2007	2007	2006
Number of patients	91	25	>500
Tumor size (cm)	2.7	2.6	2.9
Route	Transperitoneal	Transperitoneal	Transperitoneal
	retroperitoneal		retroperitoneal
Warm ischemia time (min)	35	29	32
Mean operating time	163 min	212 min	Transperitoneal: 3.5 h
			Retroperitoneal: 2.9 h
Complication rate (%)	17.6	8	36 and 16
Mean blood loss (mL)	363	177.4	150 versus 100 and 231
Transfusion rate (%)	6.6	4	Not reported
Hospital stay (days)	9.1	8.3	Transperitoneal: 2.9
			Retroperitoneal: 2.2

LPN: Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.