CAN SURGICAL APPROACH AFFECT POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIC REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY: TRANSPERITONEAL VERSUS RETROPERITONEAL? A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We performed this prospective clinical study to compare the postoperative recovery profile of our patients after transperitoneal (Group T) and retroperitoneal (Group R) laparoscopic nephrectomy approaches. Our primary hypothesis was that epidural analgesic consumption in Group R would be higher at the end of the first postoperative day.