Table 6 Vascular, ureteral, bladder, intestinal, and nerve complications in selected series of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy
Series | Modality | Number of patients | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|
Childers and Surwit [2] | Electrosurgery | 29 | 1 ureteral, 1 cystotomy |
Vidauretta et al. [18] | Electrosurgery | 84 | 1 vascular |
Altgassen et al. [19] | Electrosurgery | 99 | 3 vascular, 1 ureteral, 4 intestinal, 2 nerve impairment |
Abu-Rustum et al. [7] | Electrosurgery, ABM | 114 | 1 vascular |
Kohler et al. [20] | Electrosurgery | 650 | 7 vascular, 3 bowel, 16 nerve irritation |
Nezhat et al. [8] | Ultrasound | 100 | 1 vascular, 1 cystotomy 1 bowel obstruction |
Current series | Ultrasound | 82 | 2 vascular, 1 nerve impairment |
Electrosurgery | 37 | 1 injury to epigastric artery |