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Table 5 Correlation between nephrometry score complexity and postoperative complication grade

From: Perioperative outcomes of zero ischemia radiofrequency ablation-assisted tumor enucleation for renal cell carcinoma: results of 182 patients

Nephrometry scores

Complication Grade

ρa

P value

Absent

Grade 1

Grade 2 and 3a

R.E.N.A.L. score

 Low (4–6)

125

4

3

0.376

< 0.001

 Moderate (7–9)

31

7

5

 High (10–12)

3

2

2

PADUA score

 Low (6–7)

103

3

2

0.372

< 0.001

 Moderate (8–9)

53

7

4

 High (10–13)

3

3

4

C-Index score

 Low (> 2.5)

110

2

4

0.290

< 0.001

 High (< 2.5)

49

11

6

  1. apearman correlation coefficients
  2. Boldface means the data is significant (P < 0.05)