BMI ≤ 30

(No. = 34)

BMI > 30

(No. = 43)

P-value

Operative time in minutes, median (IQR)

193 (148 - 278)

205 (170 - 250)

0.45

Total No. of LN harvested median, (IQR)

28 (23 - 31)

28 (26 - 33)

0.5

No. of harvested para-aortic LN median, (IQR)

14 (11 - 17)

14 (11 - 19)

0.87

No. of harvested iliac LN median, (IQR)

13 (11 - 16)

15 (12 - 16)

0.13

No. of blood transfusion units

1 (1 - 2)

1 (0 - 2)

0.99

Hospital stay (in days) median, (IQR)

4 (3 - 5)

4 (3 - 5)

0.7

Intraoperative complications n, (%)

Vascular complications

Urological complications

GIT complications

3 (8.8%)

3 (8.8%)

0

0

8 (18.6%)

3 (6.9%)

4 (9.3%)

1 (2.3%)

0.347

0.76

0.58

0.16

Postoperative complications

Lymphorrhea

Wound complications

DVT/Pulmonary embolism

1 (2.9%)

0

1 (2.9%)

0

13 (30.2%)

2 (4.6%)

7 (16.2%)

4 (9.3%)

0.004

0.2

0.057

0.068