Factors associated with prolonged hospital stay after laparoscopic adrenalectomy

AbstractLaparoscopy is the standard technique for resecting adrenal tumors, but short-term outcomes such as length of stay (LOS) vary widely between centers. We aimed to identify factors associated with LOS after lateral transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LTLA). We analyzed consecutive patients undergoing unilateral LTLA between April 2003 and April 2020. Prolonged LOS was defined as a stay longer than the 75th percentile of the overall cohort. To identify potential factors associated with prolonged LOS, we compared collected data from patients with LOS  ≤ 2 days versus LOS >  2 days and elaborated multivariate logistic regression models. We included 150 patients (73 men and 77 women, median age 54 years), with benign (n = 128) and malignant tumors (n = 22). The median LOS after LTLA was 2 days; 64 (42.7%) patients had prolonged hospitalization. Variables significantly associated with prolonged LOS in the univariate analysis included ASA III + IV (p = 0.016), pheochromocytoma (p <  0.001), learning curve (p = 0.032), surgery on Thursday or Friday (p <  0.001), 2D laparoscopy (p = 0.003), operative time (p <  0.001), estimated blood loss (p <  0.001), drainage (p <  0.001), specimen size (p = 0.011), conversions (p = 0.002), complications (p = 0.019), and hospital stay (p <  0.001). After adjustment for patient, surgical, and tumor characteristics, risk factors associated wi...
Source: Updates in Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research