A Study of 57 Patients with Prostate Cancer to Compare Outcomes of Estimated Blood Loss and Postoperative Pain Between Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Standard Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

09 March 2023 : Clinical Research

Dowon Lee^12F, Boo-young Hwang^12A*, Jae-young Kwon^2E, Ohyun Kim^2B, Jeong-min Hong^2D, Hyae Jin Kim^2E

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939584

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939584

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Table 4 Adverse effects of patient-controlled analgesia.

		Severity	RARP	LRP	P value
Nausea	<1 hour	1	5 (17.2)	0 (0)	0.101
	<1 hour	2	2 (6.9)	3 (10.7)
	1–6 hour	1	2 (6.9)	0 (0)	0.062
		2	1 (3.4)	5 (17.9)
		3	2 (6.9)	0 (0)
	6–24 hour	1	0 (0)	1 (3.6)	1.0
		2	1 (3.4)	0 (0)
		3	1 (3.4)	0 (0)
	24–48 hour	2	1 (3.4)	0 (0)	0.509
Vomiting	1–6 hour	1	0 (0)	1 (3.6)	0.491
Headache	<48 hour		0 (0)	0 (0)	–
Shivering	1–6 hour		1 (3.4)	3 (10.7)	0.292
Pruritus	1–6 hour		1 (3.4)	1 (3.6)	0.746
Delirium	<48 hour		0	0	–
Respiratory depression	<48 hour		0	0	–
Problems related to epidural procedure	<48 hour		0	0	–
There were no significant differences in adverse effects between the both groups after the operation. Data are expressed as number (%). RARP – robot-assisted radical prostatectomy; LRP – laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

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