Values in parenthesis indicate the corresponding percentiles in our
cohort.
LPAL: laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy
a Adverse events were classified using two
corresponding systems: ClassIntra for intraoperative26 and Dindo-Clavien 27 for
postoperative.
b The association between surgical complications and
LPAL was specified as any of the following: vascular, nervous,
intestinal or ureteral injury during para-aortic lymph node dissection,
or para-aortic lymphocele/lymphocyst or lymphedema.
c Postoperative complications were classified
according to the time of presentation: “early” within the first 30
days post-surgery, and “late” more than 30 days after surgery.
d LPAL was considered incomplete if no lymph nodes
were obtained from all of the areas specified by the European Society of
Gynecologic Oncology guidelines 3.
e Conversion was recorded as follows: from laparoscopy
to laparotomy, from extraperitoneal to transperitoneal, or from
robotic-assisted to conventional laparoscopy.