Early Experience in Da Vinci Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: An Australian Single Centre Series

Table 4

Complications by Clavien grade.

Grade I	(i) Atelectasis in 3 patients^†,‡; (ii) Pneumothorax, resolved without drain^†; (iii) Gluteal compartment syndrome
Grade II	(i) Pneumonia; (ii) Blood transfusion in 2 patients; (iii) DVT/PE
Grade IIIa	Haematuria requiring angiogram: negative study, haematuria spontaneously resolved
Grade IIIb	(i) Laparoscopy for investigation of acute abdomen, no abnormalities found, likely reperfusion injury; (ii) Conversion to open nephrectomy for significant venous bleeding
Grade IV	None
Grade V	None

One patient had both atelectasis and pneumothorax.
^‡One patient had both blood transfusion and atelectasis.
Conservative management only. Fasciotomy not required.
The patient who underwent conversion to open nephrectomy also received blood transfusion.