Clinical Study
Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Assessment of the Surgical Learning Curve
Table 2
Intergroup comparisons (early versus late group) of intraoperative parameters.
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Groups 1 + 2 () | Group 1 () | Group 2 () | value (two-sample -test) |
| | Left LA | | 13 | 11 | — | | Right LA | | 8 | 11 | — | | Mean operating time (min.); (range, ±SD) | 86 (40–170, ±19.9) | 94 | 78 |
<0.03 (s) | | Mean estimated blood loss (mL); (range, ±SD) | 108 (5–1000, ±115) | 156 | 60 | <0.045 (s) | | Mean lesion size (cm); (range, ±SD) | 3.8 (1.2–15, ±1.8) | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.8396 (ns) |
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LA: laparoscopic adrenalectomies; s: significant (); ns: not significant ().
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