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Comparison of Postoperative Complications and Mortality Between Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Local Tumor Ablation
Vincent Trudeau1, Alessandro Larcher2, Katharina Boehm3
1Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada; Department of Urology, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
Objective:
To evaluate potential differences in local tumor ablation (LTA) perioperative outcomes between the percutaneous LTA (pLTA) and the laparoscopic LTA (lapLTA) approaches.
Methods:
Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare, we identified all patients diagnosed with T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who underwent either pLTA or lapLTA between 2000 and 2009. Overall complications at 30 days and mortality at 90 days were examined for both groups. A multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to evaluate the effect of the approach on perioperative complications. A second model was fitted to test for associations between patient or tumor characteristics and type of LTA approach.
Results:
Overall, 516 patients diagnosed with T1a RCC were identified. Of those, 289 (56%) were treated with pLTA and 227 (44%) were treated with lapLTA. LapLTA-treated patients were younger (median 76 vs 78, P < .001) and healthier (median Charlson comorbidity index 2.1 vs 2.7, P = .03) than their counterpart. After pLTA and lapLTA, overall complication rates were 21% and 25%, respectively (P = .3). Similarly, 90-day mortality rates did not differ between the two groups (P = 1). After adjusting for patient and tumor characteristics, LTA approach was not associated with perioperative complications (odds ratio: 1.38, P = .1). However, older and sicker patients were less likely to be treated with lapLTA (both ≤ 0.04).
Conclusion:
No differences in 30-day overall complications or 90-day mortality rates were detected between lapLTA and pLTA for T1a RCC. pLTA was more frequently used in older and sicker individuals. Further prospective studies comparing both procedures should be undertaken.
