Research Article
Alexis Wound Retractor for Radical Cystectomy: A Safe and Effective Method for Retraction
Table 2
Operative measures and outcomes for patients undergoing radical cystectomy with either the Alexis retractor or the Bookwalter retractor.
| | Alexis | Bookwalter | value | |
| ASA, SD | 2.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.034 | | EBL (mL), SD | 386 | 241 | 375 | 157 | 0.77 | | OR time (min), SD | 219 | 42 | 246 | 60 | 0.0004 | | Diversion | | | | | | | Radical cystectomy/IC | 92 | 97% | 66 | 90% | 0.82 | | Radical cystectomy/neobladder | 1 | 1% | 5 | 7% | 0.11 | | Radical cystectomy/cutaneous ureterostomy | 2 | 2% | 2 | 3% | 1.00 | | Median LOS (days) | 5 | | 6 | | 0.027 | | SSI | | | | | | | <30 days | 3 | 3% | 8 | 11% | 0.092 | | 30–60 days | 1 | 1% | 1 | 1% | 1.00 | |
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