Hospital Surgical Volume, Utilization, Costs and Outcomes of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testis Cancer
Table 2
RPLND outcomes and costs by dichotomous hospital volume.
Total
Hospital volume
value
Low
Low
Complications (/%)
Cardiac
DS (0)*
DS (0)*
DS (0)*
.678
Respiratory
57 (5.7)
37 (7.2)
20 (4.2)
.040
Genitourinary
28 (2.8)
16 (3.1)
12 (2.5)
.091
Wound
27 (2.7)
16 (3.1)
11 (2.3)
.339
Vascular
DS (0)*
DS (0)*
DS (0)*
.631
Miscellaneous Medical
133 (13.4)
70 (13.7)
63 (13.1)
.286
Miscellaneous Surgical
51 (5.1)
27 (5.3)
24 (5.0)
.506
Death
DS (0)*
DS (0)*
0
.116
Any complication
246 (24.8)
138 (27.0)
108 (22.5)
.246
Blood Transfusion (/%)
34 (3.4)
11 (2.2)
23 (4.8)
.064
Routine Discharge (/%)
971 (97.8)
498 (97.3)
473 (98.3)
.315
LOS (Median days/IQR)
5.0 (4.0–6.0)
5.0 (4.0–6.0)
5.0 (4.0–7.0)
.391
Costs (Median/IQR)
$10,490 ($7,792–$14,969)
$9,930 ($6,933–$12,927)
$11,365 ($8,394–$18,402)
<.001
Abbreviations: DS: data suppressed per NIS for , LOS: length of stay, IQR: interquartile range.
*% rounded to nearest 5 to prevent calculation of suppressed data.
