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Table 2 Summary of surgical outcomes and complications

From: Long-term follow-up after laparoscopic management of endometrial cancer: a 15-year cohort study

Mean operative time

173.2 min (70–300)

Intraoperative complications

11 (5.6%)

(TLH + pelvic lymphadenectomy)

    

Conversion rate

9 (4.3%)

Haemorrhage

1

Controlled vaginally

Mean hospital stay (days)

5 (2–16)

Bladder injury

1

Treated laparoscopically during operation

Mean return bowel activity (days)

1.4 (1–3)

Subcutaneous emphysema

5

One case required late conversion to perform lymphadenectomy

Recurrence rate

21 (10.6%)

Gas embolism

1

Operative time 70 min. Favourable outcome

Para-aortic lymphadenectomy

3 (1.5%)

Blood transfusion

3

 

Mean no. of pelvic nodes

10 (2–25)

Postoperative complications

 

13 (6.6%)

Lymphadenectomies indicated and not performed

20 (12.9%)

Hemoperitoneum

1

Required laparotomy and blood transfusion 48 h after surgery

Positive cytology

15 (7.6%)

Pulmonary embolism

1

Discharged in good conditions

Upstaged patients

23 (11.6%)

Vesicovaginal fistula

1

3 months after surgery. Managed laparoscopically

Cause-specific survival

93.2%

Intestinal sub-oclussion

1

Requiring readmission and medical treatment 3 weeks after surgery

Median recurrence-free interval

35 months

Phlebitis

2

 

Mean follow-up

74.8 months

Port site hernia

1

 

Overall survival

88.9%

Obturator neuropathy

3

Resolved spontaneously.

Disease-free survival

89.3%

Lymphedema/Lymphocyst

2

Resolved spontaneously.

Adjuvant therapy

156 (78.8%)

Vaginal cuff dehiscence

1

Previous radiotherapy. Cuff dehiscence 6 years after surgery. Re-closure without complications