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Table 6 Mean radiological and pathological tumor size (mm) stratified according to type of procedure

From: Discrepancy between radiological and pathological size of renal masses

Type of surgery

N

Mean CT size (SD) †

Mean pathological size (SD)

Mean difference (95% CI) ‡

P value

Partial nephrectomy

18

33.33 (14.21)

32.11 (13.11)

1.22 (-4.61 to 7.06)

0.664

Radical nephrectomy

139

61.55 (29.13)

58.19 (30.84)

3.37 (0.71 to 6.02)

0.013

  1. † SD = standard deviation
  2. ‡ CI = confidence interval