Structure of 90 day complications after solitary kidney resection due to parenchyma tumors

Objective. Study of 90 day complications after solitary kidney resection and determination of their dependence on resection complexity level in accordance with the RENAL nephrometry scoring system.

Materials and methods. Seventy (70) resections due to solitary kidney tumors were performed in 65 patients (34 males and 31 females). Mean age was 59.1 years (40–75 years). Fifty-five (55) patients had renal cell carcinoma, 10 patients had benign tumors. According to the RENAL scoring system, in 17 (24 %) cases resection complexity was 4–6 points, in 21 (30 %) cases it was 7–9 points, in 32 (45 %) cases it was 10–12 points. Mean tumor diameter was 4.4 (1.5–10.0) cm. Kidney resection without ischemia was performed in 3 patients, with segmental ischemia – in 39 cases. In 28 (40 %) cases general ischemia was used, its mean duration was 18 (6–48) minutes. Local hypothermia was used in 5 patients. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics 16.

Results. Analysis of 90 day complications revealed no complications in 41 (58.6 %) cases, severity grade I complications were observed in 2 (2.9 %) cases, grade II – in 20 (28.6 %), grade III – in 6 (8.6 %); there were no grade IV and V complications. Hemodialysis wasn’t performed. Complications were significantly more frequent when total RENAL points were higher (Mann–Whitney U-test, р = 0.001); a positive correlation between RENAL score and presence of complications was observed (Spearman’s rho 0.411; p <0.001). A dependence between complications severity and RENAL score (Mann–Whitney U-test, р = 0.004) and a positive correlation between complications severity and RENAL score (Spearman’s rho 0.432; p <0,001) were revealed.

Conclusion. Forty-five percent (45 %) of kidney resections were of maximum complexity according to the RENAL scoring system. In 60 % of cases resection was performed without general ischemia. Analysis of the results of solitary kidney resection demonstrated high efficacy and safety of the procedure and dependence of the frequency and severity of complications on complexity level per the RENAL scoring system.