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Open Access 01-12-2022 | Adrenal Cancer | Research
Perioperative factors influencing the difficulty of retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a single-center retrospective study
Published in: BMC Urology | Issue 1/2022
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Purpose
Identifying patients in whom adrenalectomy may be more difficult can help with surgical decision-making. This study investigated the perioperative factors affecting the difficulty of retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RLA).
Methods
Sixty-eight patients who underwent RLA at our hospital between December 1, 2020 and May 1, 2021 were included. The difficulty of RLA was assessed by operating time and intraoperative blood loss. We analyzed the relationship between surgical difficulty and patient sex, age, and body mass index, pathological type, tumor side, tumor size, distance from the lower pole of the adrenal tumor to the upper pole of the kidney (DAK), and distance from the lower pole of the adrenal tumor to the renal pedicle (DARP).
Results
Mean operating time was 105.38 ± 33.31 min and mean intraoperative blood loss was 32.28 ± 22.88 ml. Univariate linear regression analysis showed that age (P = 0.047), tumor size (P = 0.002), DAK (P = 0.002), and DARP (P < 0.001) were significantly correlated with a longer operating time. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that DARP (P = 0.001), DAK (P = 0.001), tumor size (P = 0.002), and age (P = 0.033) were significantly correlated with a longer operating time. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that DARP (OR 5.341; 95% CI 1.704–16.739; P = 0.004), and tumor size (OR 4.433; 95% CI 1.434–13.709; P = 0.010) were independent predictors of operating time.
Conclusion
Age, tumor size, DAK, and DARP were predictors of the difficulty of RLA. Older age, lower DARP and DAK, and a larger tumor size were associated with a longer operating time. DARP and tumor size were independent predictors of surgical difficulty.