Table 3 A comparison of the perioperative indicators between the patients in the larger adrenal tumor and smaller adrenal tumor groups who underwent RLA

No. of patients

138

41

97

Convert to ICU

3

3

2

Complication

1

0

1

Operation time

63.28 ± 28.91

98.71 ± 32.30

42.63 ± 18.51

Estimated blood loss

19.61 ± 12.50

31.93 ± 20.01

10.29 ± 6.04

Hospitalization

4.63 ± 1.95

7.43 ± 2.82

2.07 ± 0.36

Duration of drain

1.84 ± 1.52

3.94 ± 2.21

0.98 ± 0.07

First oral intake

1.16 ± 0.58

1.90 ± 0.83

1.72 ± 0.31

Time to ambulation

2.03 ± 1.07

2.61 ± 1.42

2.32 ± 0.48